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Latitude: 53.9169 / 53°55'1"N
Longitude: -1.8342 / 1°50'2"W
OS Eastings: 410990
OS Northings: 446768
OS Grid: SE109467
Mapcode National: GBR HRM4.QM
Mapcode Global: WHC8N.STS2
Plus Code: 9C5WW588+Q8
Entry Name: Milestone
Listing Date: 29 January 2009
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1393169
English Heritage Legacy ID: 504992
ID on this website: 101393169
Location: Bradford, West Yorkshire, LS29
County: Bradford
Civil Parish: Ilkley
Built-Up Area: Ilkley
Traditional County: Yorkshire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): West Yorkshire
Church of England Parish: Ilkley St Margaret
Church of England Diocese: Leeds
Tagged with: Milestone
ILKLEY
710/0/10020 KEIGHLEY ROAD
29-JAN-09 Milestone
II
Milestone, 17th-18th C, stone obelisk c. 1 metre high, set by the road.
ELEVATIONS: squared front and sides, the front face bearing the inscription: To Keighley/ 4 M, with a crudely incised hand pointing left below, and To Ilkley, with a hand pointing right. There may be further words or marks below the hand but they are not legible (? R?).
HISTORY: The stone is marked as a bench mark (BM) and a Milestone (MS) on the 1894 edition OS map, with the mileages to Keighley (4 miles) and Ilkley (1 Mile) given, and as a milestone on the 1851 edition OS map. It may date from the period in the eighteenth century when the creation of turnpikes shifted the cost of road maintenance onto the road user through Act of Parliament, or possibly earlier as a guide marker to direct travellers over the moors.
REASONS FOR DESIGNATION DECISION
The milestone at Keighley Road is designated at Grade II for the following principal reasons:
* It dates to before 1840 and possibly to the seventeenth or eighteenth century
* It is of individual design with hand carved inscriptions.
The milestone at Keighley Road is designated for listing at Grade II for the following principal reasons:
* It dates to before 1840 and possibly to the seventeenth or eighteenth century
* It is of individual design with hand carved inscriptions.
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