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| milestone, Alston Moor (17) | ||
| site name:- | road, Alston to Stanhope (?) | |
| locality:- | Skelgill | |
| civil parish:- | Alston Moor (formerly Cumberland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | milestone | |
| coordinates:- | NY73394624 | |
| 1Km square:- | NY7346 | |
| 10Km square:- | NY74 | |
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 BUJ36.jpg Inscribed stone:- "NENTHEAD 3½ / ALSTON 1 / COPTHILL 8¾" (taken 23.4.2011) |
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| evidence:- | old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 34 9) |
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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 .. 1" |
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| evidence:- | database:- Listed Buildings 2010 |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "MILESTONE TO SOUTH WEST OF SKELGILLRIGG / / A689 / ALSTON MOOR / EDEN / CUMBRIA / II / 73091 / NY7339546236" |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "Milestone, probably C19 for Alston Turnpike Trust. Single stone c2 1/2 ft high with 2 angled front faces and angled top; painted white with carved sans-serif lettering picked out in black: NENTHEAD 3 1/2 to top, ALSTON 1 to left, and COPTHILL 83/4 to right." |
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