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8 Miles Post

building in Kirklees, West Yorkshire, England, UK
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8 Miles Post

Summary

8 Miles Post is a milestone[1].

Key Facts

  • 8 Miles Post is located in Kirklees[2].
  • 8 Miles Post is in the country of United Kingdom[3].
  • 8 Miles Post's instance of is recorded as milestone[4].
  • 8 Miles Post's catalog code is recorded as YW_HUNH08[5].
  • 1801 marks the founding of 8 Miles Post[6].
  • 8 Miles Post's OS grid reference is recorded as SE0316514239[7].
  • 8 Miles Post's coordinate location is recorded as {'globe': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2', 'altitude': None, 'latitude': 53.624681, 'longitude': -1.953621, 'precision': 1e-06}[8].
  • 8 Miles Post's located on street is recorded as A640 road[9].
  • 8 Miles Post's described at URL is recorded as https://archaeologydataservice.ac.uk/archsearch/record?titleId=3395107[10].
  • 8 Miles Post's heritage designation is recorded as Grade II listed building[11].
  • 8 Miles Post's inscription is recorded as // JUNCTION/5 MILES/ROCHDALE/11 MILES //HUDDERSFIELD/8 MILES //HUDDERSFIELD & NEW HEY/ROAD/SCAMMONDEN //BRAYSHAW & BOOTH / MAKERS / LIVERSEDGE //[12].
  • 8 Miles Post's historic county is recorded as Yorkshire[13].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . National Heritage List for England. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [2] ↑ . National Heritage List for England. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . Heritage Gateway. Retrieved . heritagegateway.org.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . Historic Milestone Society Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . National Heritage List for England. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . National Heritage List for England. wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . Historic Milestone Society Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . Archaeology Data Service. Retrieved . archaeologydataservice.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . National Heritage List for England. wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . Historic Milestone Society Database. Retrieved . archaeologydataservice.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 15w ago · JhealdBatch · 2026-05-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Coordinate location → {'globe': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2', 'altitude': N
    Catalog code → YW_HUNH08
    Inception → +1801-00-00T00:00:00Z
    Inscription → // JUNCTION/5 MILES/ROCHDALE/11 MILES //HUDDERSFIELD/8 MILES
    + 14 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/32659|batch #32659]]: better qualifier for unparished areas (3): Change P131 qualifier"
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