2012

SE4316 : Pre-turnpike guide stoop at Ackworth

taken 12 years ago, near to Ackworth Moor Top, Wakefield, England

Pre-turnpike guide stoop at Ackworth
Pre-turnpike guide stoop at Ackworth
This stoop is an eighteenth century guide-post as required by the West Riding justices. Its position suggests that the old road ran down the side road whose junction the stoop is sited by, and thence on to Wragby and Wakefield. The Highways Act 1733 finally compelled the justices to ensure that these were placed by 'cross-highways', so this cross-roads was that to Wakefield and its junction with the Barnsley to Pontefract road (ancient long before it was turnpiked)

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Photographer
John Orchard   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Friday, 29 June, 2012   (more nearby)
Submitted
Tuesday, 9 April, 2013
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SE 438 165 [100m precision]
WGS84: 53:38.5961N 1:20.2550W
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SE 438 164
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