Milestone on B6277 Alston to Middleton in Teesdale
N 54° 48.054 W 002° 25.731
30U E 536716 N 6072785
This milestone is sited at Ashgillhead on the old turnpike road from Alston to Middleton in Teesdale and on to Barnard Castle.
Waymark Code: WM3MD0
Location: United Kingdom
Date Posted: 04/20/2008
Views: 7
The Alston Turnpike Trust administered one of the largest group of roads in England running from Abbey Bridge in the North Riding of Yorkshire, near Barnard Castle through Alston and Haydon Bridge to Bellingham in Northumberland, from Burtree Ford in County Durham to Brampton in Cumberland, from Penrith in Cumberland to Hexham in Northumberland, with a connection from Fourstones to Hexham and a route by-passing the town of Alston. Some sections were completely new roads, while others were improvements to existing roads.
The completion of the road from Penrith to Hexham allowed a post coach, called The Balloon, to start a service from Penrith to Hexham through Alston Moor on 29th September 1828. While all of the roads which were authorised by the Act were all completed as through routes, several sections remained in their original form, including most of new route to run north from Alston.
Nevertheless, the roads of the Alston Turnpike Trust have become the basis of today’s A and B roads through the North Pennines.
Condition: Immaculate
Material: Stone
Inscription:
Ashgillhead
Alston 1
Middleton 21
Name of road: B6277
Date placed: Not listed
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