Old milestone
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Old milestone
Image: © Chris Minto Taken: 14 Aug 2022
On the A1079 west of Kexby Bridge and at Dauby Lane end, this milestone was raised from its sunken position and turned round in 2012. Its original inscription, York/VI/Miles now faced the road. On the back YORK/6 MILES is inscribed. This was later covered with a tombstone shaped plate with 23/BEVERLEY/6/YORK. Image It is not known when this was lost. Now an oval plastic plate has been fixed with cross-headed screws BEVERLEY/23 MILES/YORK/6 MILES and covers the 18thC turnpike legend. Lack of verge maintenance found it almost hidden.
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Image Location
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Latitude
53.950173
Longitude
-0.94265