Description: Milestone, Barnsdale Bar jct with A1, A639, E side, just north of bridge over A1, set well back from road on wide verge. Metal plate detached from post, WR casting design, erected by Barnsdale & Leeds turnpike trust, , 19th century. Inscription reads: // DONCASTER/8 MILES //BOROUGHBRIDGE/36 MILES/WETHERBY/23¾ MILES/LEEDS/19½ MILES/ABERFORD/16½ MILES/PONTEFRACT/6¼ MILES //BARNSDALE & LEEDS/ROAD/CAMPSALL //BRAYSHAW & BOOTH / MAKERS / LIVERSEDGE //. Milestone Society National ID: YW_DNLE08. Last record: 2016. (See www.milestonesociety.co.uk)
County: West Yorkshire
District: Wakefield
Parish: North Elmsall
Named Location: Barnsdale Bar jct with A1
Grid Reference:
SE50811380
Map Reference:
[EPSG:27700] 450810, 413800
Period/Subject: 19TH CENTURY - MILESTONE
Identifiers:
[ADS] Depositor Id: YW_DNLE08
[ADS] Import RCN: MSS15-YW_DNLE08
People Involved:
[Publisher] Historic Milestone Society
[Creator] C Minto
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