Milestone, Milner Lane, Scarcroft
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Milestone, Milner Lane, Scarcroft
Image: © Humphrey Bolton Taken: 10 Jun 2017
This stone is Grade II listed, and is on an old route from Leeds to Wetherby, used before the present A58 road was constructed as a turnpike road. On this side the Inscription is 'Wetherby 4 Miles, unfortunately not clear in my photograph. On the other side the inscription is 'Leeds 5 Miles'. The '5' appears to have been recut, and is not correct. This is discussed in http://www.thornerhistory.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/ms-scarcroft-Ver4.pdf . It is not shown on the 1850 six-inch map, although a bench mark is shown here. The 1893 1:2500 map shows 'G.P.' and also the bench mark, which was no doubt on the stone although it does not seems to be visible now. Modern maps show it as a milestone, 'MS'.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.86772
Longitude
-1.428329