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milestone, Shap (5)
not found
site name:-   road, Kendal to Shap
civil parish:-   Shap (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   milestone
coordinates:-   NY56751318
1Km square:-   NY5613
10Km square:-   NY51
references:-   OS 2000s Explorer

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 21 2) 
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.S. Kendal .. 15 Shap .. 1"

evidence:-   database:- Listed Buildings 2010
placename:-  Milepost
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"MILEPOST (325 YARDS NORTH OF TURN TO SLEDDALE) / / A6 / SHAP / EDEN / CUMBRIA / II / 74157 / NY5673813178"
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"Milepost, dated 1825, for Heron Syke Turnpike Trust. Oval foundry mark on top centre: T. WINDER GATEBECK FOUNDRY. Cast-iron c.3 ft high. 3 concave sides with ogee domical top. Separate plates giving town names and distances in raised letters are fastened to sides of main casting. Left: SHAP 1 MILE. Date to centre. Right: KENDAL 15 MILES. Painted white with lettering, foundry mark, and top edges picked out in black."

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