Newcastle Parish - Milestone - Bridgend, Wales.
N 51° 30.443 W 003° 36.060
30U E 458289 N 5706421
A good example of an elaborately detailed cast iron milepost, 179 miles from London. A substantial cast-iron milemarker, located on the A473 road - Bryntirion Hill, in the Newcastle Parish, a suburb of Bridgend, Wales.
Waymark Code: WMF93Q
Location: South Wales, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 09/13/2012
Views: 2
Robust cast-iron milemarker on the road to Bridgend A473, at Bryntirion Hill, just off the pavement. Newcastle Parish is a suburb of Bridgend, Wales.
Several of the remaning milemarkers between Port Talbot & Bridgend carry the date placed as 1841. This milepost appears to be buried deeper, than the others with the date below the ground
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 Reference:
Fraser D E, The Development of the road System in Glamorgan up to 1884, unpublished thesis 1940".
Condition: Worn
Date placed: 01/01/1841
Material: Metal
Inscription:
BRIDGEND DISTRICT
To - Bridgend 1
To - Pyle 5
LONDON 178
Newcastle Parish
Name of road: Bryntirion Hill - A473
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