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milestone, Thursby (6)
site name:-   road, Cockermouth to Carlisle
locality:-   Thursby
civil parish:-   Thursby (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   milestone
coordinates:-   NY32705026
1Km square:-   NY3250
10Km square:-   NY35
references:-   Listed Buildings 2010


photograph
BZP13.jpg  Cast iron:-
"CARLISLE / 6 MILES / WIGTON / 5 MILES / COCKERMOUTH 20½MILES" (taken 1.11.2013)  

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 29 4) 
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.
"[Carlisle .. 6 Cockermouth .. 20 1/2 Wigton .. 5 M.S.]"

evidence:-   database:- Listed Buildings 2010
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"MILESTONE NORTH SIDE OF VILLAGE GREEN / / / THURSBY / ALLERDALE / CUMBRIA / II / 71946 / NY3270850268"
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 6 MILES, WIGTON 5 MILES, COCKERMOUTH 20 1/2 MILES. Whitewashed with lettering picked out in black. O.S. bench mark on top of stone."

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