Old milestone
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Old milestone
Image: © Chris Minto Taken: 11 Aug 2022
This, once sad looking, sunken milestone at Crow Edge had, in 2017 been dug out and the wall behind it repaired. It is one of the 615 milestones erected in 1893/94 by the family firm of Gill and Frank Stead of Mirfield for the newly-formed West Riding County Council. Over half are still to be found by the roadside all over the old West Riding. This one has been smartly painted in a similar pattern to several others in this part of Yorkshire.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.538716
Longitude
-1.722477