Laleston Parish - Milestone - Bridgend, Wales.
N 51° 30.353 W 003° 37.395
30U E 456744 N 5706267
Substantial Cast-Iron Milestone, having Grade II listed building status, located on A473 - High Street, in Laleston, Bridgend, Wales.
Waymark Code: WMF8WM
Location: South Wales, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 09/11/2012
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Robust Cast-Iron Milestone on the road to Bridgend A473, at Laleston High Street, located just opposite Ty Mawr and the Mackworth Arms, on the pavement, against a new stone wall. Laleston is a suburb of Bridgend, Wales.
Several of the remaing stones between Port Talbot & Bridgend carry the date placed as 1841.
Grade 11
Date listed 29/01/1998
Nat Grid ref 28744 17979
Location:
Nearly opposite Ty Mawr on the North side of the main village thoroughfare.
History:
"One of a series of cast iron mileposts erected 1830,s for the Bridgend Turnpike Trust. The road was first turnpiked in 1764.
Listed:
Included as good example of an elaborately detailed cast iron milepost.
Reference:
Fraser D E, The Development of the road System in Glamorgan up to 1884, unpublished thesis 1940".
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