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milestone, Alston Moor (14)
site name:-   road, Alston to Hexham
civil parish:-   Alston Moor (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   milestone
coordinates:-   NY73624990
1Km square:-   NY7349
10Km square:-   NY74


photograph
BXL25.jpg  Inscribed stone:-
"ALSTON / 3 / HAYDON B / 14 / HEXHAM / 20½" (taken 28.9.2012)  

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 34 1) 
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. Alston .. 3 Haydon Bridge .. 14 Hexham .. 20 1/2"

evidence:-   database:- Listed Buildings 2010
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"MILESTONE TO WEST OF CLARGILLHEAD / / A686 / ALSTON MOOR / EDEN / CUMBRIA / II / 73089 / NY7364349901"
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"Milestone, early C19 for Alston Turnpike Trust. Single stone c2 ft high by c1 1/2 ft wide with elliptical top; pained white with carved lettering on front face picked out in black. Roman lettering used for original inscription at top: ALSTON 3, HAYDON B. 14. Sans-serif addition below: HEXHAM 20 1/2."

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