Old milestone
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Old milestone
Image: © Chris Minto Taken: 10 Apr 2022
This eroded and plateless milestone on Hill Top, Knottingley, the A645, is one of only two survivors from the 1758 Wakefield to Weeland tollroad. Weeland was a ferry crossing of the River Aire at SE 606 239 to Hirst Courtney. Now only a track leads from Main Street, Hensall to the river. An inset rectangular plate would have had the legend PONT/3/WAKD/12. A bench mark can just be made out near ground level underneath the plate recess.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.709602
Longitude
-1.246398