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milestone, Thursby (5)
site name:-   road, Cockermouth to Carlisle
site name:-   road, Carlisle to Wigton
locality:-   Nealhouse
civil parish:-   Thursby (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   milestone
coordinates:-   NY34075107
1Km square:-   NY3451
10Km square:-   NY35


photograph
BZX72.jpg "CARLISLE / 5 MILES / WIGTON / 6 MILES / COCKERMOUTH / 21 MILES" (taken 28.2.2014)  

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 23 13) 
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. Carlisle .. 5 Wigton .. 6 Cockermouth .. 21 1/2"

evidence:-   database:- Listed Buildings 2010
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"MILESTONE SOUTH OF NEALHOUSE FARM / / / THURSBY / ALLERDALE / CUMBRIA / II / 71943 / NY3406051070"
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"Milestone. Late C18 or early C19 for the Carlisle-Cockermouth Turnpike. Red sandstone, cast-iron plate. Rounded-top stone with curved face, plate to front with raised letters CARLISLE 5 MILES, WIGTON 6 MILES, COCKERMOUTH 21 1/2 MILES. Whitewashed with lettering picked out in black. O.S. bench mark on top of stone."

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