Old milestone
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Old milestone by Chris Minto 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
Old milestone
Image: © Chris Minto Taken: 3 Mar 2019
The last of the West Riding 1893/94 stones on the route of the Rotherham to Wortley turnpike of 1740-1883. That old route crossed what is now the A61 Barnsley to Sheffield road as does the A629 onwards to Wortley. The pavement was tarmacked in 2018 and most of the milestone is in the ground including CHAPELTOWN/1½ MILES on the lefthand face. Fortunately that keeps the cracked attachment in place. What can be seen has been crudely painted.
Images are licensed for reuse under creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0
Image Location
Latitude
53.463582
Longitude
-1.503358