Links
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Milestone Society Links |
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Local History Online: for news, resources, information, courses, links and a calendar of events |
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National Monuments Record: Images of England |
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A Vision of Britain Through Time: Britain between 1801 and 2001. Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions |
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LOCAL HISTORY SOCIETIES IN YORKSHIRE
Bingley and District Local History Society
Bradford Historical and Antiquarian Society
Halifax Antquarian Society
Hebden Bridge Local History Society
Huddersfield & District Archaeological Society
Huddersfield Local History Society
MARSDEN HISTORY SOCIETY
Ryburn Valley History Society
Spen Valley Historical Society
Saddleworth Historical Society
WAKEFIELD HISTORICAL SOCIETY
Note to local history societies: please contact us if you would like a link on this page.
OTHER WEBSITES WITH MILESTONE INFORMATION AND PICTURES
GEOCACHES NEAR MILESTONES OR TOLLHOUSES Geocachers hunt for secret caches around the countryside (and world) by solving intriguing clues - and some clues involve milestones, guide stoops or tollhouses. The site lists a number of such caches.And there are Milestone Society trackables at large!
Highway Hazel's Flickr pages: Milestones and tollhouses (mostly West Yorkshire)
Man on a bike: Yorkshire: a photographic record: milestones, boundary stones, finger posts, etc
Tollhouse Alan's Flickr pages: Boundary stones and markers
Tollhouse Alan's Flickr pages: Milestones and Waymarkers
Interesting features in the Yorkshire Dales, including Turbary Stones: http://www.yorkshiredales.org.uk/lookingafter/caringfor/historicfeaturesbuildings/featureofseason/turbarystones
Some interesting history of the marker stones around Saddleworth : http://www.peakdistrictonline.co.uk/andy-hemingway-folklore-in-the-landscape-pt-2-i3957.html
JHS / updated July 2014