Milestone on the B5192

Pictures of a very substantial milestone. This is very large, made of concrete, and cemented to someone's wall. It is also halfway up the rise of the "back" road into Kirkham. About 250 yards from the Dowbridge on the right hand side, opposite Glebe Lane. This milestone is documented on the Milestone Society database.
Half a mile from the Dowbridge cross .

Here are the Pictures:

Preston
7 3/4  Miles

Kirkham

I think it says?
Kirkham
?/? Mile? (possibly 3/4 - that would be about right)
Blackpool
10 Miles

It is steep, but not quite as steep as the photo suggests.
Holding the wall up!

Not sure about this. On the opposite side of the road
and considerably smaller than any of the chunky stone milestones locally.

Dowbridge Cross at Kirkham

This excerpt comes from here: www.lancashire.gov.uk/.../KirkhamComplete_LowRes.pdf 

 Dowbridge was known as Galebridge in the medieval period, and was one of four bridges taking roads into Kirkham. It is first mentioned around 1268 in a charter for Cockersands Abbey as Dalebrigehevet (Farrer 1898). It is called Dale Brigge in a lease for c1279 (LSMR 1374). The bridge is likely to have always been wooden, as it was still recorded as made of wood up to the mid-nineteenth century (OS 1847 1:10,560). There was also a cross in Dowbridge documented in 1558. It marked the end of the Abbey lands on the east side of Kirkham. The site is still marked by a modern Latin cross of stone 1.55 metres high (LSMR 1375). Tarnbrick Cross (LSMR 1636), mentioned in the same agreement, stood near Tarnbrick Farmhouse and marked the western end of Abbey Lands, and the Headless Cross marked the southern boundary (LSMR 1376).
These latter two crosses lay outside the defined urban area for Kirkham.

Barely visible, Half buried

Clearly a chip out of the top section.
It is more obvious when you view it close to

No surprise that I have driven past this cross several times,
it was summer last time when the grass was higher.
I even had the map reference!

All that's left are further comments: the cross seems to be completely ignored, whether there is a pedestal in there beneath the "new" Latin cross is difficult to know. The fact that some fairly new damage has been done does not bode well for the future. I feel that this artifact(parts of) that may well date back 500 years is of concern. There are road signs and clear road works close to it. The definition held by English Heritage no longer matches the description of this cross.
This is monument no 586927 at English Heritage.

Kirkham Headless Cross

If you turn left at the centre of Kirkham and head south along Freckleton road you will reach the A583 Kirkham bypass, the main road between Preston and Blackpool. Cross straight over, still on Freckleton road, you will meet a right angle bend. Hidden behind the road warning sign is the Headless Cross. Only its a modern Latin Cross. It is set on the site of the old cross. This is the link to the cross at the Eastern limit; The Dowbridge cross.

From the inside of the bend

The road to the left goes to Kirkham

Close up Shows the Latin Cross clearly

Seemingly this cross marked the southernmost boundary of Cockersands abbey.
There is a wikipedia reference to the abbey here. I do not know the date of the erection of the Latin Cross.

Preston New Road milepost

Well this is new to me! Must have drive past dozens of times and never spotted it!
The post seems to be made of concrete and the graffiti boys have sprayed it already. It is almost exactly 1 mile from the boundary post on the same road. It is aproximately 1000 yards from the motorway. If there is a further one it may actually be on preston new road proper. Needs investigating!

View down Presto New Road towards Preston.
The milepost is between the tree and the lampost

Kirkham 6.25, Preston 14.5 miles,
miles are indistinct

 

Blackpool 3 miles

Head on View, Blackpool to the left,
Preston and Kirkham to the right.