Milestone, junction of Front Street and Station Road, Alston, Cumbria.
Posted by: greysman
N 54° 48.746 W 002° 26.474
30U E 535909 N 6074062
An early C19th milestone set into a wall at the main road junction in Alston.
Waymark Code: WMFB8Z
Location: North West England, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 09/23/2012
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This milestone was placed here by the Alston Turnpike Trust in the early C19th. It is a single stone approximately 4ft high by 2ft with an elliptical top. It is Grade II listed.
It has most probably been moved to its present location, set into a retaining wall to the west of the Town Hall with only its face showing, from very near by when the area was landscaped. It is painted white with carved sans-serif lettering picked out in black.
The legend reads:
ALSTON
TO
MILES
HEXHAM 23½
PENRITH 19
BRAMPTON 20
MIDDLETON 22
STANHOPE 21