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place:- milestone, Alston Moor (11)
site name:- road, Alston to Middleton
parish Alston Moor parish, once in Cumberland
county:- Cumbria
milestone
coordinates:- NY77043786
10Km square:- NY73

1Km square NY7737

photograph

milestone, Alston Moor (11) -- road, Alston to Middleton -- Alston Moor -- Cumbria / -- Inscribed stone:- -- 'TO ALSTON 7 MILES / MIDDLE[ ] 15 [ ]' -- 7.7.2006

source:- OS County Series (Cmd 42)

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 7 MIDDLETON 15
date:- 1867=1868
period:- 19th century, late; 1860s

database:- Listed Buildings 2010

Listed Buildings 2010

courtesy of English Heritage
MILESTONE TO SOUTH OF LADYGILL BRIDGE / / B6277 / ALSTON MOOR / EDEN / CUMBRIA / II / 73105 / NY7705037864
courtesy of English Heritage
Milestone, early C19 for Alston Turnpike Trust. Single stone c2 it high by c1 1/2 ft wide with elliptical top; painted white with partly damaged carved Roman lettering on front face picked out in black: TO ALSTON 7 MILES, MIDD(LETON) 15 M(ILES).
district:- Eden
listed building
coordinates:- NY77053786
date:- 2010
period:- 2010s

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