Milestone Set Against Churchyard Wall on South West is a Grade II listed building in the Calderdale local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 July 1988. A C18 Milestone.

Milestone Set Against Churchyard Wall on South West

WRENN ID
noble-remnant-furze
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Calderdale
Constituency
Calder Valley MP: Josh Fenton-Glynn (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
19 July 1988
Type
Milestone
Address
Milestone Set Against Churchyard Wall on South West, Clough Road
OS grid reference
SE 066 225
Coordinates
53.69969, -1.9013
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is a milestone from the 18th century, located against the churchyard wall on the southwest side of Clough Road in Norland. The stone pillar is square in shape and stands approximately 1.5 meters high, featuring a pyramidal top. Each face of the milestone has well-cut serifed lettering that indicates distances to various locations: the southwest face reads "To Ripponden 2+M," the southeast face reads "To Ealand 2+M," the northeast face reads "To Halifax 2+M," and the northwest face reads "To Sowerby 2+M."

Local climate

Milestone Set Against Churchyard Wall on South West sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,030 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 82% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 76% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 51 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 92% of listed buildings. Of these, 30 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.

Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.

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