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milestone, Bromfield
locality:-   road, Workington to Wigton
civil parish:-   Bromfield (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   milestone
coordinates:-   NY18284524
1Km square:-   NY1845
10Km square:-   NY14


photograph
BRB23.jpg  Inscribed stone:-
"WORKINGTON 18 / WIGTON 5" (taken 10.7.2009)  

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 28 14) 
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. Workington .. 18 Wigton .. 5"

evidence:-   database:- Listed Buildings 2010
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"MILESTONE WEST OF HIGH SCALES / / / BROMFIELD / ALLERDALE / CUMBRIA / II / 411230 / NY1827945241"
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"Milestone. Late C18 or early C19 for Wigton-Workington Turnpike. Whitewashed stone. Round-topped stone with weathered inscription on front WORKINGTON 18, WIGTON 5."

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