Old milestone
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Old milestone
Image: © Mike Sloan Taken: 19 Apr 2021
On Otley Road, Charlestown, Baildon just northeast of the railway bridge is this last/first stone on the A6038 which in the turnpike era was part of the Kirkstall, Otley, Shipley Trust. It is about 10 years since it was last painted by a member of the Baildon Local History Society and has stood up well to traffic fumes and bad weather. The left face is inscribed TO/BRADFORD/4/MILES. This stone and the next one Otley 5 have pyramidal tops whereas all other remaining stones from the turnpike trust on this road and the A65 north from Kirkstall have flat tops.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.843675
Longitude
-1.760438