Description

GRASSINGTON B6265
SE 06 SW
(south side)
5/9 Milestone at
SE 0156 6320
II
Milestone. 1787. By William Tomlin for the Turnpike Trust. Sandstone.
Approximately 60 centimetres high, buried in a hedge bank, triangular in
section, the left face inscribed " P ", the right face inscribed
? 10 M
" G ". The top and front edge badly damaged. An Act of Parliament for
- M
construction of a turnpike road between Wetherby and Grassington was passed
in 1758. An amendment after 1779 separated the Pateley Bridge to
Grassington section, the two towns being the principal markets for the lead
miners of the Grassington - Greenhow area. Expenses accounts of the
trustees record that in January 1787 they paid William Tomlin £3-9-0 for
cutting, dressing, lettering and setting 10 milestones from Pateley Bridge
to Grassington. A. Raistrick, Old Yorkshire Dales, 1967, pll7.

Listing NGR: SE0156463201

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26425091

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Recommended Books

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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  Gloucestershire 2: The Vale and The Forest of Dean: Vale and Forest of Dean Pt. 2 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Sheffield and the South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects, Supplement 2014
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  Cambridgeshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Hampshire: South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)