MILESTONE TO WEST OF THE STAG INN - Stanwix Rural - List Entry

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Milestone. 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 4 MILES, other face TO NEWCASTLE 52 MILES, both in 4 lines. Whitewashed over and lettering picked-out in black. In 1811 this became the Carlisle-Temon Turnpike. Each milestone is clearly drawn on Hodgskinson and Donald's map of Cumberland Westmorland, surveyed 1770.....
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Link: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1087738
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Added by: Simon Cotterill
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