Milestone 1.05 Miles South-West of Askham Fields Lane is a Grade II listed building in the North Yorkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 July 1985. Milestone.
Milestone 1.05 Miles South-West of Askham Fields Lane
- WRENN ID
- swift-barrel-jet
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Yorkshire
- Constituency
- Wetherby and Easingwold MP: Sir Alec Shelbrooke (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 12 July 1985
- Type
- Milestone
- Address
- Milestone 1.05 Miles South-West of Askham Fields Lane, Tadcaster Hobmoor Road, Bilbrough
- OS grid reference
- SE 540 464
- Coordinates
- 53.9117, -1.17914
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This milestone, located 1.05 miles south-west of Askham Fields Lane, is likely from the early 19th century. It is a stone post approximately 0.75 metres high, featuring a triangular shape with a round-arched top. The milestone has a cast iron plaque with a raised inscription that is painted black against a white background. On the east face, it reads "TADCASTER / 4 FILES / LEEDS / 18 MILES," while the west face displays "YORK / 5½ MILES." Additionally, around the head of the milestone, it states "TADCASTER & HOBMOOR / ROAD / BILBOROUGH" (with a misspelling of Bilborough).
Local climate
Milestone 1.05 Miles South-West of Askham Fields Lane sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 76% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 94% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 73% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 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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