Milepost is a Grade II listed building in the North Yorkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 March 1989. Milepost.

Milepost

WRENN ID: frozen-wicket-willow
Grade: II
Local Planning Authority: North Yorkshire
Country: England
Date first listed: 10 March 1989
Type: Milepost
Source: Historic England listing

Description

SE 04 NW 1/23

KILDWICK MAIN ROAD (south side) Milepost

GV II

Milepost. Late C19. Cast iron, gritstone support. Triangular section, rounded top. Lettering in relief capitals, top: "KEIGHLEY AND KENDAL / ROAD / KILDWICK". Left face; "SKIPTON 4½ MILES / SETTLE 19½ MILES / KENDAL 49 MILES". Right face; "KEIGHLEY 5 MILES". The Kendal-Keighley road via Skipton and Kirkby Lonsdale, was developed in the early C18. The purpose of the road was to speed and increase the flow of wool from Westmorland and Craven to the West Riding clothiers at Halifax market. A. Raistrick, West Riding of Yorkshire, 1970, p144.

Listing NGR: SE0109445840

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