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milestone, Westward (2)
site name:-   road, Cockermouth to Carlisle
civil parish:-   Westward (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   milestone
coordinates:-   NY27504712
1Km square:-   NY2747
10Km square:-   NY24


photograph
BNN83.jpg  Cast iron plate on a stone:-
"CARLISLE 10 MILES COCKERMOUTH 15½ MILES" (taken 11.4.2007)  

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 29 10) 
source data:-   Maps, County Series maps of Great Britain, scales 6 and 25 inches to 1 mile, published by the Ordnance Survey, Southampton, Hampshire, from about 1863 to 1948.
"M.P. Carlisle .. 10 Cockermouth .. 15 1/2"

evidence:-   database:- Listed Buildings 2010
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"MILESTONE EAST OF STREET / / A595 / WESTWARD / ALLERDALE / CUMBRIA / II / 72502 / NY2750647121"
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"Milestone. Probably early C19 for the Carlisle to Cockermouth Turnpike. Whitewashed red sandstone. Rounded-top stone with cast-iron plate to front inscribed CARLISLE 10 MILES, COCKERMOUTH 15 1/2 MILES, with bench mark above."

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