Old milestone on Hill Top, Knottingley
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Old milestone on Hill Top, Knottingley
Image: © Stephen Craven Taken: 13 Aug 2022
Now lacking its original marker plate, and cracked, but an old map shows that it originally marked 3 miles to Pontefract and 12 to Wakefield. The Milestone Society's photo explains that it is 'one of only two survivors from the 1758 Wakefield to Weeland tollroad'. Milestone ID: YW_WKWL12
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Image Location
Latitude
53.709513
Longitude
-1.246551