Old Milestone by the A66, Crackenthorpe parish
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Old Milestone by the A66, Crackenthorpe parish
Image: © C Smith / G Farrington Taken: 18 Sep 2007
Stone post (plate lost) by the A66, in parish of CRACKENTHORPE (EDEN District), 100m East of village junction, opposite Holme Lea, Northeast of Crackenthorpe Hall, was at Image; moved when route of A66 altered, on North side of road. Appleby plate, erected by the Brough & Eamont Bridge turnpike trust in the 19th century. Inscription once read:- : (APPLEBY / 2 MILES) : : (PENRITH / 11 MILES) : Grade II listed. List Entry Number: 1225905 https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1225905 Milestone Society National ID: WE_PRAP11.
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Image Location
Latitude
54.591146
Longitude
-2.521517