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| milestone, Alston Moor (10) | ||
| site name:- | road, Alston to Barnard Castle | |
| civil parish:- | Alston Moor (formerly Cumberland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | milestone | |
| coordinates:- | NY76363931 | |
| 1Km square:- | NY7639 | |
| 10Km square:- | NY73 | |
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 BMI49.jpg Inscribed stone:- "ALSTON 6 / MIDDLETON 16" and a cut bench mark. (taken 7.7.2006) |
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| evidence:- | old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 42 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 Alston ..6 Middleton .. 16" |
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| evidence:- | database:- Listed Buildings 2010 |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "MILESTONE TO EAST OF OVER LEE HOUSE / / B6277 / ALSTON MOOR / EDEN / CUMBRIA / II / 73104 / NY7636639310" |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "Milestone, early C19 for Alston Turnpike Trust. Single stone c2 ft high by c 1 1/2 ft wide with elliptical top; painted white with carved Roman lettering on front face picked out in black: ALSTON 6, MIDDLETON 16. Benchmark added at bottom." |
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