WEBSITES
Milestone Society: https://www.milestonesociety.co.uk/
Milestone Society Links: https://www.milestonesociety.co.uk/links/
Listed buildings: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing
A Vision of Britain through time: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/
LOCAL HISTORY SOCIETIES IN YORKSHIRE
Bingley and District Local History Society
Bradford Historical and Antiquarian Society
Halifax AntIquarian Society
Hebden Bridge Local History Society
Huddersfield & District Archaeological Society
Huddersfield Local History Society
Marsden History Society
Ryburn Valley History Society
Spen Valley Historical Society
Saddleworth Historical Society
Wakefield Historical Society
Note to local history societies: please contact us if you would like a link on this page.
OTHER WEBSITES WITH MILESTONE INFORMATION AND PICTURES
GEOCACHES NEAR MILESTONES OR TOLLHOUSES Geocachers hunt for secret caches around the countryside (and world) by solving intriguing clues – and some clues involve milestones, guide stoops or tollhouses. The site lists a number of such caches.And there are Milestone Society trackables at large!
Highway Hazel’s Flickr pages: Milestones and tollhouses (mostly West Yorkshire)
Tollhouse Alan’s Flickr pages: Boundary stones and markers
Tollhouse Alan’s Flickr pages: Milestones and Waymarkers
Invstigating Heritage on your Doorstep: Historic Environment Scotland has produced a superb guide to exploring your surroundings, aimed at teachers but fascinating material for anyone, particularly those who have children or grandchildren. Beautifully illustrated, it offers inspiration and practical advice, with stimulating discussion topics and projects, suitable for inner cities as well as grand environments. This is a large file, 5.7MB, and can be downloaded at https://www.historicenvironment.scot/archives-and-research/publications/publication/?publicationId=9d3f5541-8a28-4275-9e10-a58600ed6058.
Other local history sites (not related to societies listed above:
Calderdale: https://www.calderdale.gov.uk/wtw/index.html
Huddersfield: https://huddersfield.exposed/wiki/Welcome
JHS / updated June 2020