Old milestone
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Old milestone
Image: © Chris Minto Taken: 5 Mar 2023
Looking along the A642 road towards Oulton and Wakefield. A cut benchmark can be seen near the base of the stone. When these milestones were set up the stone was left bare but many have been given a coat of white or black paint during the last 130 years. There was a 12 mile long tollroad between Wakefield and Aberford first enacted in 1741 but no older milestones have been found and only 4 of the WRCC ones are still in situ.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.765502
Longitude
-1.423346