Old milestone
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Old milestone
Image: © Chris Minto Taken: 19 Jun 2023
This shows the thickness of the backing stone on the West Riding CC milestones. When these were set up travelling was on foot or by horse and cart. Now parked cars line the road with modern tram tracks to the right of the cars. There is a hole in the top of the stone for an OS benchmark.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.412087
Longitude
-1.505613