Milestone at Charnock Richard
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Milestone at Charnock Richard
Image: © David Dixon Taken: 10 Feb 2014
This ornate cast-iron milestone stands alongside Preston Road (A49) opposite Church Lane. It indicates that we are 7 miles from Wigan and 10 miles from Preston. It also carries the date 1937 and the name of Haigh Foundry (presumably where it was cast). The mile post was stolen in the 1990s, but recovered and refurbished in 2012 when it was reinstated to its current position (http://www.chorley-guardian.co.uk/news/local/milestone-returns-after-15-years-1-4772674 Chorley Guardian). The Charnock Richard milepost was one of six similar ones manufactured at Haigh foundry in 1837. The only other remaining one is that at Standish (Langtree).
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Image Location
Latitude
53.636336
Longitude
-2.679776