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| milestone, Irthington (3) | ||
| site name:- | road, Carlisle to Brampton N | |
| locality:- | Watchcross | |
| civil parish:- | Irthington (formerly Cumberland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | milestone | |
| coordinates:- | NY47645995 | |
| 1Km square:- | NY4759 | |
| 10Km square:- | NY45 | |
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 CEL76.jpg Cast iron plates on stone:- "TO NEW / CASTLE / 50 / MILES" "TO CAR / LISLE / 6 / MILES" (taken 11.5.2014) courtesy of Terry Moore Image © Terry Moore |
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| evidence:- | old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 17 11) |
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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. Newcastle 50 Carlisle 6" |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Donald 1774 (Cmd) |
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| 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. D4NY45NE.jpg "6" milestone; from Carlisle towards Newcastle item:- Carlisle Library : Map 2 Image © Carlisle Library |
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| evidence:- | database:- Listed Buildings 2010 |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "MILESTONE AT NATIONAL GRID REFERENCE NY 47650 59940 / / A6071 (EAST OF WATCHCROSS) / IRTHINGTON / CARLISLE / CUMBRIA / II / 77893 / NY4765259952" |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "Milestone. Probably 1758 for the Carlisle-Newcastle Military Road. Sandstone, cast-iron plates. Chamfered stone to give 2 faces in direction of traffic, one face with cast plate TO CARLISLE 6 MILES, other face To NEWCASTLE 50 MILES, both in 4 lines. Whitewashed over and lettering picked-out in black. This became the Carlisle-Temon Turnpike in 1811. Each milestone is clearly drawn on Hodgskinson &Donald's map of Cumberland and Westmorland, surveyed 1770." |
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