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milestone, Winscales (3)
site name:-   road, Cockermouth to Whitehaven
civil parish:-   Winscales (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   milestone
coordinates:-   NY01182432
1Km square:-   NY0124
10Km square:-   NY02
references:-   Listed Buildings 2010


photograph
CFL33.jpg (taken 2.9.2016)  

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 61 3) 
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. Workington .. [3] Cockermouth .. 9 Whiitehaven .. 5"

evidence:-   database:- Listed Buildings 2010
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"MILESTONE EAST OF DISTINGTON SECONDARY SCHOOL / / / WINSCALES / ALLERDALE / CUMBRIA / II / 72244 / NY0118124329"
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"Milestone. Late C18 or early C19 for the Cockermouth-Whitehaven Turnpike. Whitewashed square stone set at angle to give faces for cast iron plates inscribed TO WORKINGTON 3, TO COCKERMOUTH 9 MILES; TO WHITEHAVEN 5 MILES."

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