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milestone, Penrith (4)
site name:-   road, Penrith to Carlisle
civil parish:-   Penrith (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   milestone
coordinates:-   NY50603167
1Km square:-   NY5031
10Km square:-   NY53


photograph
BPU44.jpg  Cast iron plates on stone:-
"1 / 17" (taken 7.11.2008)  

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 49 16) 
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 Penrith .. 1 Carlisle .. 17"

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
D4NY53SW.jpg
"17"
milestone; from Carlisle to Penrith 
item:-  Carlisle Library : Map 2
Image © Carlisle Library

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