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| milestone, Boltons | ||
| site name:- | road, Cockermouth to Carlisle | |
| civil parish:- | Boltons (formerly Cumberland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | milestone | |
| coordinates:- | NY22514324 | |
| 1Km square:- | NY2243 | |
| 10Km square:- | NY24 | |
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 BNO31.jpg Cast iron plate on a stone:- "[CARLISLE 14 MILES WIGTON 4 MILES COCKERMOUTH 11½ MILES]" (taken 11.4.2007) |
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| evidence:- | old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 36 4) |
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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. Carlisle .. 15 Wigton .. 4 Cockermouth .. 11 1/2" |
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| evidence:- | database:- Listed Buildings 2010 |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "MILESTONE WEST OF PERCY HILL / / A595 / BOLTONS / ALLERDALE / CUMBRIA / II / 72331 / NY2251343245" |
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| 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 14 MILES, WIGTON 4 MILES, COCKERMOUTH 11 1/2 MILES. Whitewashed with lettering picked out in black." |
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