Close view of stone inscribed ?WR?, Hunsworth Lane
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Close view of stone inscribed ?WR?, Hunsworth Lane
Image: © Humphrey Bolton Taken: 17 Dec 2012
It looks as if much of the stone is obscured by the raising of the road and footway levels over the years, and the full inscription might well be ‘WRCC’ for West Riding County Council. The only explanation I can think of for that is that a length of road between here and the bridge over Hunsworth Beck was maintainable by the county rather than urban district council. I remember seeing one in Otterburn Image near to a bridge. That was just inscribed ‘WR’. Since writing this I have found some more information on the Yorkshire-Milestone site: http://www.yorkshire-milestones.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=55:county-bridge-stones&catid=1758:-and-other-waymarkers&Itemid=89
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Image Location
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53.732314
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-1.718931