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milestone, Colton (2)
site name:-   road, Newby Bridge to Ulverston
locality:-   Penny Bridge
civil parish:-   Colton (formerly Lancashire)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   milestone
coordinates:-   SD31038332
1Km square:-   SD3183
10Km square:-   SD38


photograph
BXY39.jpg  Inscribed:-
"17" (taken 8.3.2013)  

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Lan 11) 
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.
"KENDAL 17 M.S."

evidence:-   database:- Listed Buildings 2010
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"MILESTONE APPROXIMATELY 23 METRES TO NORTH EAST OF PENNY BRIDGE / / / COLTON / SOUTH LAKELAND / CUMBRIA / II / 421450 / SD3100283292"
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"Milestone. c.1763. For Kirkby Kendal to Kirkby Ireleth Turnpike Trust. Stone. Round-headed post inscribed with number 17 (miles from Kendal)."

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