Month: August 2020
Towler milestones in the West Riding
While the plates for most of milestones erected for the West Riding County Council in the 1890s were cast at Brayshaw & Booth’s foundry in …
Milestones on the roads west out of Halifax
The main road west out of Halifax, King Cross Street, splits in two at King Cross, just over a mile out of the centre. One …
Mile-posts on the Harrogate to Ripon Road
This eleven mile piece of road (now the A61) was originally part of the Harrogate, Hewick, Ripon and Pateley Bridge United Turnpike which was an …
Mileposts on the Leeds and Liverpool Canal
The Act of Parliament permitting the construction of a 127-mile canal that would go all the way between Leeds and Liverpool was passed in 1770, …
Hullen Edge boundary stones
Decorated gate-posts with abstract patterns can be found all over Yorkshire, but Abraham Hirst of Elland took this one step further in the middle of …
Milestones and other features on the Calder & Hebble Navigation
An Act of Parliament was passed in 1758 for the building of a navigable waterway to connect Wakefield with Sowerby Bridge. This was ultimately to …
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Bridge chapels: our first toll-houses?
In mediæval times, bridge chapels served an important function as wayside chapels for pilgrims. Mediæval bridges were often the only way of leaving a town …
A unique place: five milestones without moving
How about standing on a corner and seeing five milestones without moving? You can in Yorkshire. Visit Pool Bank, north of Leeds, at the junction …
Saddleworth boundary stones
Standing on the western side of the Pennine watershed, the area of Saddleworth belonged (and belongs) historically to the West Riding of Yorkshire. Though part …