Old Cumbria Gazetteer
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| place:- | milestone, Shap (2) | |
| site name:- | road, Kendal to Shap | |
| locality:- | Shap | |
| parish |
Shap parish, once in
Westmorland
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| county:- | Cumbria | |
| milestone | ||
| coordinates:- |
NY56441471 | |
| 10Km square:- |
NY51
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| 1Km square | NY5614 | |
 milestone, Shap (2) -- road, Kendal to Shap -- Shap -- Shap -- Cumbria / -- Cast iron:- -- 'SHAP / 1825 / KENDAL 16 MILES' -- 30.7.2007 | ||
 milestone, Shap (2) -- road, Kendal to Shap -- Shap -- Shap -- Cumbria / -- The stone behind could be an earlier milestone. -- 4.7.2008 | ||
| source:- |
OS County Series (Wmd 14)
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| 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. KENDAL 16 | ||
| date:- | 1860=1869 | |
| period:- | 19th century, late; 1860s | |
| database:- |
Listed Buildings 2010
Listed Buildings 2010 | |
| courtesy of English Heritage | ||
| MILEPOST ON ROADSIDE TO EAST OF CROFT HOUSE / / MAIN STREET / SHAP / EDEN / CUMBRIA / II / 74176 / NY5644014719 | ||
| courtesy of English Heritage | ||
| Milepost, dated 1825, for Heron Syke Turnpike Trust. Oval foundry mark on top centre: T. WINDER GATEBECK FOUNDRY. Cast-iron fastened back to stone block; c.3 ft high. 3 concave sides with ogee domical top. Separate plates giving town names and distances in raised letters are fastened to sides of main casting. Left: SHAP. Date to centre. Right: KENDAL 16 MILES. Painted white with lettering, foundry mark, and top edges picked out in black. | ||
| placename:- | Milepost on Roadside to East of Croft House | |
| district:- | Eden | |
| listed building | ||
| coordinates:- |
NY56441471 | |
| date:- | 2010 | |
| period:- | 2010s | |
| Old Cumbria Gazetteer - JandMN: 2008 | ||
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