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place:- milestone, Crackenthorpe (3)
site name:- road, Appleby to Penrith
parish Crackenthorpe parish, once in Westmorland
county:- Cumbria
milestone
coordinates:- NY66452190
10Km square:- NY62
References OS County Series (Wmd 9)

1Km square NY6621

photograph

milestone, Crackenthorpe (3) -- road, Appleby to Penrith -- Crackenthorpe -- Cumbria / -- Taken from the car in a traffic jam. -- 2.12.2011

source:- OS County Series (Wmd 9)

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 11 APPLEBY 2
Alongside the old road; presumably moved to the new road.
date:- 1860=1869
period:- 19th century, late; 1860s

database:- Listed Buildings 2010

Listed Buildings 2010

courtesy of English Heritage
MILESTONE TO NORTH EAST OF CRACKENTHORPE HALL / / / CRACKENTHORPE / EDEN / CUMBRIA / II / 422781 / NY6639921900
courtesy of English Heritage
Brough-Eamont Bridge Turnpike Trust milestone, probably late C18/early C19. Cast-iron with angled faces and top, encasing a sandstone backing block. Painted white with lettering picked out in black: APPLEBY 2 MILES on one face and PENRITH 11 MILES on the other. Moved to present position from original location (NY 66366 21839) when route of A66 altered.
district:- Eden
listed building
coordinates:- NY66392190
date:- 2010
period:- 2010s

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