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| milestone, Alston Moor (18) | ||
| site name:- | road, Alston to Stanhope (?) | |
| civil parish:- | Alston Moor (formerly Cumberland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | milestone | |
| coordinates:- | NY74994611 | |
| 1Km square:- | NY7446 | |
| 10Km square:- | NY74 | |
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 BUJ37.jpg Inscribed stone:- "ALSTON 2 NENTHEAD 2½" (taken 23.4.2011) |
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| evidence:- | old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 34 10) |
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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 .. 2" |
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| evidence:- | database:- Listed Buildings 2010 |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "MILESTONE TO NORTH OF HUDGILLRIGG / / A689 / ALSTON MOOR / EDEN / CUMBRIA / II / 73092 / NY7498546111" |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "Milestone, early C19 for Alston Turnpike Trust. Single stone c2 ft high by c1 1/2 ft wide with elliptical top; painted white with carved sans-serif lettering on front face picked out in black: ALSTON 2, NENTHEAD 2 1/2." |
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