Old Boundary Marker by the B5239 Dicconson Lane
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Old Boundary Marker by the B5239 Dicconson Lane
Image: © Milestone Society Taken: 1 Jan 2012
Parish Boundary Marker set in a stone wall on the north side of the B5239 Dicconson Lane, between Dicconson Mill Bridge and the junction with Mill Lane. Aspull and Westhoughton parishes were townships in Wigan and Deane parishes respectively until 1866. Aspull parish was abolished in 1974. Inscription reads:- DIVISION TOWNSHIP | TOWNSHIP OF | OF ASPULL | WEST - . . . . . . . . . . . . . | HOUGHTON ← │ → Milestone Society National ID: LA_ASPWHO01pb
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Image Location
Latitude
53.563023
Longitude
-2.56283