Commemorative Marker on the A682 Gisburn Road at Blacko
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Commemorative Marker on the A682 Gisburn Road at Blacko
Image: © D Phillips Taken: Unknown
Commemorative Marker on the south side of the T junction of the A682 Gisburn Road and Blacko Bar Road. Blacko parish. Inscribed BLACKO BAR / THIS STONE MARKS THE SITE OF BLACKO TOLL / HOUSE, WHICH WAS PART OF THE MARSDEN / GISBURN & LONG PRESTON TURNPIKE ROUTE / 1803 - 1872 / IT ALSO COMMEMORATES THE VICTIMS OF AN / EARLY MOTORING TRAGEDY. FIVE YOUNG MEN DIED / IN 1920 WHEN A CHARABANC STRUCK THE / BUILDING, WHICH AT THAT TIME WAS BEING USED / AS A FARM SHIPPON. Milestone Society National ID: LA_BLACKO01cm
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Image Location
Latitude
53.872746
Longitude
-2.223153