Terminology found on boundary stones, etc
Borough: a self-governing town, created by royal charter. Boroughs had existed since Saxon times. Old Yorkshire boroughs were: Beverley (938), Doncaster (1194), Hedon (1154), Hull …
Month: January 2012
The Marsden Packhorse Road Stones
The village of Marsden, on the edge of the Pennine moors in West Yorkshire, has two attractive packhorse bridges: one in the centre, by the …
Canal milestones
Canals in Yorkshire competed with the turnpikes in the era before the coming of the railways. Some, like the Aire and Calder Navigation and the …
County bridge markers – gallery
Some examples of the county bridge and related stones in Yorkshire. For more information, click here. A typical West Riding stone, over the River Skell …
WRCC Brayshaw & Booth milestones
These photographs illustrate some features of different Brayshaw and Booth milestones in the old West Riding. A well-looked after stone, one of many in …
The West Riding “Brayshaw and Booth” stones
In 1888 the Local Government Act established County Councils, among whose responsibilities were main roads. In this respect they replaced the highway boards (random collections …