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Milepost On Railway Bridge

milestone in Wigan, Greater Manchester, England, UK
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Milepost On Railway Bridge

Summary

Milepost On Railway Bridge is a milestone[1].

Key Facts

  • Milepost On Railway Bridge is located in Wigan[2].
  • Milepost On Railway Bridge is in the country of United Kingdom[3].
  • Milepost On Railway Bridge's instance of is recorded as milestone[4].
  • Milepost On Railway Bridge took place at Wigan[5].
  • Milepost On Railway Bridge's catalog code is recorded as LA_WGPS02[6].
  • January 1, 1837 marks the founding of Milepost On Railway Bridge[7].
  • Milepost On Railway Bridge's OS grid reference is recorded as SD5775108612[8].
  • Milepost On Railway Bridge's coordinate location is recorded as {'globe': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2', 'altitude': None, 'latitude': 53.572404, 'longitude': -2.639478, 'precision': 1e-06}[9].
  • Milepost On Railway Bridge's located on street is recorded as A49 road[10].
  • Milepost On Railway Bridge's described at URL is recorded as https://archaeologydataservice.ac.uk/archsearch/record?titleId=3390380[11].
  • Milepost On Railway Bridge's heritage designation is recorded as Grade II listed building[12].
  • Milepost On Railway Bridge's inscription is recorded as // LANGTREE. / 2 MILES TO WIGAN. / 6¼ MILES TO CHORLEY. / 15 MILES TO PRESTON. / {curlicew) 1837 {curlicew} //[13].
  • Milepost On Railway Bridge's historic county is recorded as Lancashire[14].

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Material and Period

The location of Milepost On Railway Bridge was Wigan[5].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [2] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . Heritage Gateway. Retrieved . heritagegateway.org.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . National Heritage List for England. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . National Heritage List for England. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . National Heritage List for England. wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . Historic Milestone Society Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . Archaeology Data Service. Retrieved . archaeologydataservice.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . National Heritage List for England. wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . Historic Milestone Society Database. Retrieved . archaeologydataservice.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 20w ago · JhealdBatch · 2026-05-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Imported from → —
    Instance of → milestone
    British listed buildings id → 101287165
    Location → Wigan
    + 15 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/32660|batch #32660]]: better qualifier for unparished areas (4): Change P131 qualifier"
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