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Reference no. 1185183
Description: Milepost near Thorpe Cottage
Address: Milestone 80m N St Johns Church Rochdale Road Triangle Sowerby Bridge West Yorkshire
Grade: II
Group detail: Rochdale Road (east side)
Full description:
Milepost. Early C19. Monolith, triangular in section with ramped top. Right face reads 'To Halifax 4 miles', left face 'To Rochdale 12 miles'. The Halifax to Rochdale turnpike road was enacted in 1735, being one of the earliest in the country (Hanson p 227).
T W Hanson, (The Story of Old Halifax), 1985.
