An Historic Day Out
Weekly trip to Sedbergh to take out A. On the way to walk around the Lowgill Viaduct ( Grade 2 listed, 1859) and the Crook of Lune Bridge (Grade 2 listed 16C - extra) we passed this old Grade 2 listed milestone. KL is Kirkby Lonsdale but what is BB. Heritage England say it is Borrow Bridge. About 5 miles up the road is or rather was a Roman Fort ( Low Borrowbridge) But looking at the old maps on National Library of Scotland website where you can overlay the new maps on the old maps I can see the old road went over a bridge over the Borrow Beck which meets the Lune nearby. This must be the Borrow Bridge of the old mile stone. The old Borrow Bridge still exists but goes to a farm and is a cul de sac because of the M6 and there is a new bridge over Borrow Beck. I'll have a closer look next time I go up the A6.
And after all that excitement we had lunch on Master Knott, site of "Fox's Pulpit" where there is a memorial stone to George Fox who preached there to thousands on 13 June 1652 and started the Quaker movement, Gosh what a lot of history.
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