Milestone - Great North Road, A1, Roxton, Bedfordshire, UK.
Posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member HitchinLookers
N 52° 10.747 W 000° 18.273
30U E 684287 N 5784385
This is one of a similar set of milestones stretching north from Stevenage on this famous old coaching route.
Waymark Code: WMCQCZ
Location: Eastern England, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 10/02/2011
Published By:Groundspeak Regular Member Team Sieni
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Marked on the 1884 Ordnance Survey map as follows:-

London 52

It stands at the side of the road in a lay-by next to a bin.

Not only would this probably have been on the route ridden by Dick Turpin on his famous (but probably fictional) ride from York to London, Roxton has a dark secret. It was one of the first places in the UK to grow Brussels Sprouts commercially.
Condition: Worn

Material: Stone

Inscription:
52 miles from London Roxton.

Name of road: A1, Roxton.

Date placed: Not listed
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