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milestone, Carlisle (2)
site name:-   road, Penrith to Carlisle
locality:-   Carlisle
civil parish:-   Carlisle (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   milestone
coordinates:-   NY42215363
1Km square:-   NY4253
10Km square:-   NY45


photograph
BPL28.jpg  Cast iron plates on stone:-
"16 / 2" (taken 4.7.2008)  

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 23 12) 
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. Carlisle .. 2 Penrith .. 16"

evidence:-   old map:- Donald 1774 (Cmd) 
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, 3x2 sheets, The County of Cumberland, scale about 1 inch to 1 mile, by Thomas Donald, engraved and published by Joseph Hodskinson, 29 Arundel Street, Strand, London, 1774.
image
D4NY45SW.jpg
"2"
milestone; from Carlisle to Penrith 
item:-  Carlisle Library : Map 2
Image © Carlisle Library

evidence:-   database:- Listed Buildings 2010
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"MILESTONE OUTSIDE NUMBER 405 / / LONDON ROAD / CARLISLE / CARLISLE / CUMBRIA / II / 386785 / NY4221653637"
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"Milestone. Early C19 for the Carlisle to Eamont Bridge Turnpike. Whitewashed stone and cast-iron plates. Squared stone with roughly rounded top, set at angle with plates facing north and south which are just a number picked out in black; 16 (miles to Penrith) and 2 (miles to Carlisle)."

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