1776 Milestone In Liverpool!
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- Опубліковано 10 лют 2025
- #milestone #history #liverpool #turnpike
Thanks to TJ for telling me about this wonderful Milestone in Knotty Ash, Liverpool. This particular Milestone is dated 1776 so it 'should' be interesting to my American Subscribers (Hello Trish and my friend's from Billy's Joint). There's some fascinating history to milestones and Waymarkers, so have a read of the link below if you're interested in finding out more.
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Thanks to TJ for letting me know about this Milestone in Knotty Ash/Broadgreen. As there aren't many left standing in the UK, it was a privilege to see it standing proud and tall. And just to clear up any confusion, the horizontal line across the top of the 'crow's foot' at the bottom of the structure shows it is an Ordnance Survey mark (the official mapping department of the UK). The Broad King's Arrow (crow's foot) denotes government issue, but with the line across the top, it then becomes the benchmark of the Ordnance Survey. A nice little bit of British/Roman history right here in Liverpool. Enjoy!
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Its funny you mention Hound of the Baskervilles as actor Basil Rathbone(Sherlock Holmes)was from a famous Liverpool merchant family of the same name!Who are buried in st James cemetery just off the pathway down from the parliament street entrance as I recall if you keep looking on the left side not far from the famous Oliver Twist headstone that Dickens used for the title of his famous novel!Keep on keepin on kidder!!🔥👑🕊
@@marksimons4108 Nice one mate, yes, Basil was indeed one of the 'Rathbone' Clan. They still run a financial house in the city based out of the Liver Building (if it's still there) and I used to play in Rathbone Park as a kid. Thanks for watching mate 👍
Great info thank you
You're very welcome. Thanks for watching.
Everydays a school day Anthony, never noticed it when I lived there.. 😊👍
Loads of people have never seen it mate, including me :)
The year the USA was founded. It was originally situated in the middle of the road at the junction. I know that well, I walked past it many a times. There's a boundary marker on a kerb on Edge Lane Drive which marked the boundary between Wavertree and West Derby if interested. Subbed.
Thanks for the info David. I'll have a peep on street view to see if I can spot the boundary marker. I'm actually going to West Derby this weekend to do a video, so it 'should' be up on Saturday or Sunday as long as it isn't raining when I have time to go down and film. Thanks for Subscribing, I really appreciate it.
This is fantastic mate, I’ve passed that so many times and never stopped to look at it. I had no idea it was that old. Ken Dodd lived very close to there, you can see his house from that very spot. Nice one for that, very informative and interesting. 👍👍👍👍👍
Nice one mate, yeah, I wanted to walk over and film his house but it was just way too busy with all the football matches on that field next to his house. Great piece of history for our city though.
Thank you for the history behind the milestones, particularly the piece about turnpikes.
The Turnpike Pub isn't far away from that Milestone but I forgot to mention it. Thanks for watching.
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Thank you, I'll defo get some places of interest videos done at the weekends so I'll try and keep the momentum going. Need to get to my 1k Sub target so I can open my expensive Cognac I saved for the ocassion :)
Great informative on local history. Like you have passed this post, literally hundreds of times, and never noticed it 👍 More please
Thanks my friend, amazing that I didn't know it was there either. I'm office based for a couple of weeks so I might only be able to do building videos at weekends for a bit. I'll do my best though, road to 1k Subs and all that.
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Very interesting little piece of British history. Thank you. Hope your ears thawed out 🥶,lol! Deb of Oz.
Thanks Deb, it's certainly getting colder here now, even the Cat doesn't want to go outside :)
There's a milestone opposite Georgesons Garage, Breck Rd.
Nice one my friend, I'll go and have a peep at that one day. hopefully no kids walk past in football boots like the Thomas Lane one :)
I drive past that everyday and I’ve never noticed it 😂
Same mate, used to drive down there often. Don't go on a Saturday morning if you want to see it, cars everywhere with the footy on Thomas Lane field :)
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Haha. It was freezing and a load of kids kept walking past to go and play football on Thomas Lane field so don't worry, I was punished for doing it on a Saturday morning :)
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Me grandad got his picture of a old polaroid camera with ken dod it's long been lost but I remember getting shown this in the early 80s
He's a massive loss to humanity. Thanks for watching.
@ScouseFarm yes m8 no one will replace Mr ken dod wish I found his million in the loft lol
@@JohnMoore-g6f Mate, there's a 1994 audience with Ken Dodd on UA-cam. Get on it, incredible.
@ScouseFarm will do mate I listen to it in bed thanks for that mate ❤️