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milestone, Hesket (4)
site name:-   road, Penrith to Carlisle
civil parish:-   Hesket (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   milestone
coordinates:-   NY48794103
1Km square:-   NY4841
10Km square:-   NY44
references:-   OS 2000s Explorer


photograph
BTP79.jpg (taken 8.10.2010)  

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 39 11) 
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 Penrith .. 7 Carlisle .. 11"

evidence:-   old map:- Donald 1774 (Cmd) 
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, 3x2 sheets, The County of Cumberland, scale about 1 inch to 1 mile, by Thomas Donald, engraved and published by Joseph Hodskinson, 29 Arundel Street, Strand, London, 1774.
image
D4NY44SE.jpg
"11"
milestone; from Carlisle to Penrith 
item:-  Carlisle Library : Map 2
Image © Carlisle Library

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