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Stanedge Pole

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The top part of the pole was removed on Friday, 27 February 2015. A spokesperson for the Peak District National Park explained that "the wood on the top half of the pole was rotten and therefore a health and safety risk to the public. We had no choice but to make the pole safe by cutting off the top
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On 17 April 2016 a group of people with an interest in the pole and surrounding environment, including the Peak District National Park Authority and the British Mountaineering Council, erected a new pole at the site to mark the 65th anniversary of the creation of the Peak District National Park.
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or Long Causey which runs west from Sheffield. It was used for centuries as a boundary marker between the parishes of Sheffield, Hathersage and Ecclesfield. Although it is widely believed the Long Causeway follows the line of a
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A pole has stood on the site since at least 1550. Many initials have been carved into the rock that supports it, and five can be identified as initials of the parish road surveyors who renewed the pole when needed.
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tree, with a frame made by Hope Cement Works, and a base cast in Sheffield. The base is cast from ductile iron and has information cast into it (see photograph).
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are the marks of the parish surveyors and the date the pole was renewed. The pole is a way marker on a medieval
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Hallamshire. The History and Topography of the Parish of Sheffield in the County of York
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Barnett J. & Smith K. English Heritage book of the Peak District. Batsford, 1997
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Dodd A.E. & Dodd E.M. Peakland Roads and Trackways, 3rd ed. Landmark, 2000
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grid reference
SK2468784429
Stanage Edge
South Yorkshire
packhorse
Long Causeway
Roman road
Templeborough
Brough-on-Noe

Hope
The Cutler's Company
larch
ISBN
0 86190 066 9
PeakDistrict.org.uk
Hunter, Joseph
www.peakdistrict.gov.uk
Archived
Wayback Machine
"Gives details of new pole in April 2016"
53°21′22″N 1°37′50″W / 53.3561°N 1.6306°W / 53.3561; -1.6306
Categories
Geography of Sheffield
Boundary markers

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