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Latitude: 53.5966 / 53°35'47"N
Longitude: -2.3094 / 2°18'33"W
OS Eastings: 379621
OS Northings: 411156
OS Grid: SD796111
Mapcode National: GBR DV9V.TG
Mapcode Global: WH97Q.HVJN
Plus Code: 9C5VHMWR+J7
Entry Name: Finger Post at SD 796 112
Listing Date: 15 November 1994
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1250812
English Heritage Legacy ID: 433290
ID on this website: 101250812
Location: Woodhill Fold, Bury, Greater Manchester, BL8
County: Bury
Electoral Ward/Division: Elton
Parish: Non Civil Parish
Built-Up Area: Bury
Traditional County: Lancashire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Greater Manchester
Church of England Parish: Kirklees Valley
Church of England Diocese: Manchester
Tagged with: Fingerpost
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SD71SE COSTONS ROAD
5/10018 Finger Post at SD 796 112
- II
Directional signpost. Dated 1834. Low stone post, triangular in section, with segmental arched tops to the outer faces, which bear inscriptions and images of pointing hands. The left hand face reads
'To Walshawlane and Affeside 1834'; the right hand face reads 'To Holcome Ramsbottom Eadenfield Haslingden and Blackburn' and'To Bury'. An early C19 directional sign of vernacular quality which predates the manufactured street furniture of the mid-C19.
Listing NGR: SD7962111156
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