Old Cumbria Gazetteer |
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| milestone, Nether Denton | ||
| site name:- | road, Brampton to Haltwhistle | |
| civil parish:- | Nether Denton (formerly Cumberland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | milestone | |
| coordinates:- | NY58126246 | |
| 1Km square:- | NY5862 | |
| 10Km square:- | NY56 | |
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| evidence:- | old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 18 3) |
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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. Newcastle .. 43 Carlisle .. 13" |
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| evidence:- | database:- Listed Buildings 2010 |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "MILESTONE AT NGR NY58130 62460 / / A69 / NETHER DENTON / CARLISLE / CUMBRIA / II / 78062 / NY5812362462" |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "Miles tone. Probably 1758 for the Carlisle-Newcastle Military Road. Sandstone, cast-iron plates. Chamfered stone to give 2 faces in direction of traffic, one face with cast plate TO CARLISLE 13 MILES, other face TO NEWCASTLE 43 MILES, both in 4 lines. Whitewashed over and lettering picked out in black. This became the Carlisle-Temon Turnpike in 1811. Each milestone is clearly drawn on Hodgskinson &Donald's map of Cumberland and Westmorland, surveyed 1770." |
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