Milestone, Rochdale Road, Sowerby
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Milestone, Rochdale Road, Sowerby by Humphrey Bolton as part of the Geograph project.
The Geograph project started in 2005 with the aim of publishing, organising and preserving representative images for every square kilometre of Great Britain, Ireland and the Isle of Man.
There are currently over 7.5m images from over 14,400 individuals and you can help contribute to the project by visiting https://www.geograph.org.uk
Milestone, Rochdale Road, Sowerby
Image: © Humphrey Bolton Taken: 20 Sep 2007
This is one of the best of the milestones on this road, which escaped replacement by the county council in the late 19C. A mile back towards Halifax an unfortunate milestone is buried up to its neck in tarmac, the level of the road and footway having been raised.
Images are licensed for reuse under creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0
Image Location
Latitude
53.692628
Longitude
-1.934844