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boundary stone, Beetham/Holme
civil parish:-   Beetham (formerly Westmorland)
civil parish:-   Holme (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   boundary stone
locality type:-   parish boundary mark
coordinates:-   SD53198027
1Km square:-   SD5380
10Km square:-   SD58


photograph
BQA84.jpg  Inscribed stone:-
"FARLETON / HOLME" and bench mark
(taken 6.2.2009)  

evidence:-   database:- Listed Buildings 2010
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"BOUNDARY STONE APPROXIMATELY 500 METRES SOUTH SOUTH WEST OF TOWNEND FARM / / A6070 / BEETHAM / SOUTH LAKELAND / CUMBRIA / II / 76564 / SD5319980292"
"BOUNDARY STONE APPROXIMATELY 500 METRES SOUTH SOUTH WEST OF TOWN END FARM, FARLETON / / A 6070 / HOLME / SOUTH LAKELAND / CUMBRIA / II / 76674 / SD5319980291"
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"Boundary stone. Probably early C19. Dressed limestone upright stone with flat top and deep chamfers with pyramid stops to front corners. Painted black and white with black Bans-serif lettering diagonally on each chamfer: FARLETON to North, HOLME to South (Farleton Parish now incorporated into Beetham). Bench mark on base. Similar to series of milestones and boundary stones listed in neighbouring parishes. Also listed under BEETHAM Parish."

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