Milestone, Ripponden New Bank B6113, Barkisland
Introduction
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Milestone, Ripponden New Bank B6113, Barkisland
Image: © Humphrey Bolton Taken: 12 May 2008
This road was built as a turnpike road to give an easier gradient (although still quite steep) than that of the old road. The milestone has 'To Elland IIII miles' on one face and 'To Rochdale XI miles' on the other. In each case the inscription has been cut a second time. The older inscription is in upper and lower case with Roman numerals, and the newer in smaller capitals with modern numerals.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.671956
Longitude
-1.936389