Milestone Approximately 100 Metres North of Junction with Scarthingwell Lane is a Grade II listed building in the North Yorkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 May 1986. Milestone.

Milestone Approximately 100 Metres North of Junction with Scarthingwell Lane

WRENN ID
eternal-hinge-dew
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 485 382
Coordinates
53.83805, -1.26428
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is a milestone located approximately 100 metres north of the junction with Scarthingwell Lane in Saxton with Scarthingwell. It dates from the late 19th century and is made of ashlar stone with a cast-iron plaque. The milestone has a triangular shape with a semicircular head and stands about one metre high. The raised inscription is painted black on a white background, displaying the following information: 'TADCASTER & DONCASTER / ROAD / SAXTON / CUM / SCARTHINGWELL' around the head, 'DONCASTER / 24 MILES / PONTEFRACT / 11 3/4 MILES / FERRYBRIDGE / 9 MILES' on the north side, and 'YORK / 12 3/4 MILES / TADCASTER / 3 1/4 MILES' on the south side.

Local climate

Milestone Approximately 100 Metres North of Junction with Scarthingwell 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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