GPO telephone cable marker, High Hesket © Rose and Trev Clough cc-by-sa/2.0

NY4744 : GPO telephone cable marker, High Hesket

taken 9 years ago, near to High Hesket, Cumbria, Great Britain

GPO telephone cable marker, High Hesket

Located just behind the red car in this photo NY4744 : Hesket House .
We were pleased to find this, having seen similar examples on the Geograph website - J4982 : GPO cable marker, Downshire Road, Bangor gives a good explanation of their function.
The iron posts have a royal cypher at the top, an early one with VR is shown here SP3165 : Leamington-Old Warwick Road . The shape of the crown appears to be the same on all of them regardless of reign (unlike on letter boxes). The marker at High Hesket says ER - it looks pretty ancient so we'd guess it dates from the Edwardian rather than the Elizabethan era.

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Grid Square: NY4744, 58 images (more nearby )
Photographer: Rose and Trev Clough (find more nearby)
Date Taken: Sunday, 29 September, 2013 (more nearby)
Submitted: Tuesday, 12 November, 2013
Geographical Context: Communications
Subject Location: OSGB36: NY 4759 4439 [10m precision]
WGS84: 54:47.4989N 2:48.9960W
Camera Location: OSGB36: NY 4759 4439
View Direction: East-northeast (about 67 degrees)