This website uses Google-map technology to provide an intuitive way of locating milestones in the Yorkshire area.
Note: The Google maps run locally on your computer, so the speed of upload will depend on your processor speed. We have reduced the density of milestones per map so that the maps will load more quickly.
To find milestones by area (towns and villages):
- Select an area: North Yorkshire, East Yorkshire etc from the main menu.
- Once you have clicked on one of those, you will see that this is divided into smaller areas (civil parishes), which allows the Google-map page to load more quickly.
- A map centred on your chosen place will appear, followed shortly after by little red pointer icons, each marking the positions of the milestones.
- Click on a pointer: a small window will pop up. This will give you an Ordnance Survey grid reference of that milestone location.
- There is also a "click here" option which leads to full details of that milestone or waymarker and (where available) a picture.
We intend to provide alternative ways of locating milestones in the near future, for example by more specific local authority areas (districts), and by turnpike name for milestones in a series. Watch this space.
Other features to note:
The search option: this facility is not fully activated, and the system will search for single terms only at present..
E and F in the milestone description refer to hands or fingers pointing left and right respectively.
Although many of the photographs appear small on the database you can make them bigger by using your browser's enlarge facility.
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