Milestone Approximately 800 Metres South of Junction with Back Lane is a Grade II listed building in the North Yorkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 May 1986. A Late C19 Milestone.
Milestone Approximately 800 Metres South of Junction with Back Lane
- WRENN ID
- inner-quartz-dale
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Yorkshire
- Constituency
- Wetherby and Easingwold MP: Sir Alec Shelbrooke (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 May 1986
- Type
- Milestone
- OS grid reference
- SE 490 350
- Coordinates
- 53.80951, -1.25623
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Milestone located approximately 800 metres south of the junction with Back Lane, dating from the late 19th century. It is made of ashlar stone and features a cast-iron plaque. The milestone is triangular in shape with a semicircular head, standing about 1 metre high. The raised inscription is painted black against a white background, reading 'TADCASTER & DONCASTER / ROAD / BARKSTON' around the head. On the north side, it lists distances to Doncaster (22 miles), Pontefract (9.75 miles), and Ferrybridge (7 miles). The south side indicates distances to York (14.75 miles) and Tadcaster (5.25 miles).
Local climate
Milestone Approximately 800 Metres South of Junction with Back Lane receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 71% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 96% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 71% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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