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| milestone, Bridekirk (3) | ||
| site name:- | road, Cockermouth to Maryport | |
| civil parish:- | Bridekirk (formerly Cumberland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | milestone | |
| coordinates:- | NY11413165 | |
| 1Km square:- | NY1131 | |
| 10Km square:- | NY13 | |
| references:- | OS County Series |
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 CAU42.jpg Cast iron:- "COCKERMOUTH / COURT-HOUSE / 1 MILE / MARYPORT / MARKET-PLACE / 6B¼MILES" (taken 30.5.2014) |
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| evidence:- | old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 54 4) |
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| 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 Cockermouth ... 1 Maryport 6 1/4" |
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| evidence:- | database:- Listed Buildings 2010 |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "MILESTONE AT PAPCASTLE ROUNDABOUT / / / BRIDEKIRK / ALLERDALE / CUMBRIA / II / 72589 / NY1141031646" |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "Milestone. Late C18 or early C19 for the Cockermouth-Maryport Turnpike. Whitewashed stone with rounded top; attached to curved face a cast iron plate inscribed COCKERMOUTH COURT-HOUSE 1 MILE, MARYPORT MARKET PLACE 61/4 MILES, the lettering picked out in black." |
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