Mile Stone - Bowcliffe Rd, Bramham, Yorkshire, UK
N 53° 52.817 W 001° 21.316
30U E 608116 N 5971455
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Waymark Code: WMBTDY
Location: Eastern England, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 06/19/2011
Views: 4
Although this mile stone now stands at the side of the road in a quiet Yorkshire village, it once stood in a much busier place.
This stretch of road was once part of the Great North Road (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A1_road_(Great_Britain)). However, as traffic has increased, first the village was by-passed and then the new road improved. The result is that the vast majority of traffic now passes by about half a mile away on a motorway grade road.
This milestone doesn't appear on old Ordnance Survey maps until 1909 when the following is offered:-
Wetherby 3 3/4
Ferrybridge 13
Condition: Worn
Material: Metal
Inscription:
Ferrybridge
&
Boroughbridge
Road
Bramham.
Wetherby 3 3/4 miles.
Boroughbridge 16
Aberford 3 3/4 miles
Ferrybridge 13 miles
Doncaster 28
Name of road: Bowcliffe Road, Bramham, Yorkshire, UK.
Date placed: Not listed
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