Milestone approximately 200 metres south of junction with Royd Moor Road at SE 216040 is a Grade II listed building in the Barnsley local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 April 1988. Milestone.
Milestone approximately 200 metres south of junction with Royd Moor Road at SE 216040
- WRENN ID
- half-bonework-crow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Barnsley
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 April 1988
- Type
- Milestone
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 25 October 2021 to update the name and address and to reformat the text to current standards
SE 20 SW 3/97
PENISTONE Thurstone HIGH BANKS LANE (south-west side) Milestone approximately 200 metres south of junction with Royd Moor Road at SE 216040
(Formerly listed as Milestone approx. 200 metres south of junction with Royal Moor Road at SE 216040)
II
Milestone. Mid C18; Monolithic, flat-topped pillar with weathered faces and partly-obliterated lettering:
on south-east side: "(P)enistone/(1) mile";
on north-east side: "Hudder(s)field)"
on north-west side: "Holm/firth/4 miles"
Situated on a packhorse route which ran from Penistone to Meltham and Marsden. A guide stoop further along the route towards Holmfirth has a date of 1761 on it.
This milestone will have been erected after 1738 as miles were indicated only after this date.
(D Hey, Packnen, Carriers and Packhorse Road, 1980)
Listing NGR: SE2173004027
Detailed Attributes
Matched applications, energy data and sale records are assembled automatically and may contain errors. Flag incorrect data.