The Sedbergh Turnpike Trust and its milestones
The Sedbergh Turnpike Trust, based in the far north-west corner of the old West Riding, was unusual in that rather than having a single road …
Month: March 2012
The Huddersfield Improvement Boundary stones
At the beginning of the 19th century Huddersfield was a small but increasingly populous township on the north-west side of the River Colne. Public services …
Slaithwaite’s Dial Stone, and Roman milestones
In the 16th century a stone was found in Booth Bank Clough, between Slaithwaite and Marsden, one of the little streams that drops down into …
A hexagonal guide-stoop near Stocksbridge
One of the most unusual guide-stoops in the county can be found just off the A616 Stocksbridge bypass in South Yorkshire: it is, as far …
Chapelry boundary stones
Up to the 19th century a parish was a parish, for both church and local government purposes. In the north some parishes were very large, …