Old milestone

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Old milestone

Image: © Hilary Jones Taken: 20 Mar 2023

One mile from the centre of Skipton on the A6069 Broughton Road near Broughton Grove is this very neglected West Riding County Council milestone. 615 of these milestones were set up in 1893/94 all over the old West Riding. The righthand side has the legend Clitheroe 17 Miles. Although Skipton is now in North Yorkshire it was, until 1974, in the West Riding. On the top is SKIPTON LB. That stands for Local Board.

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Image Location

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Latitude
53.957963
Longitude
-2.039435