Milestone - Old Great North Road, Connington, Cambridgeshire, UK.
N 52° 28.003 W 000° 16.908
30U E 684641 N 5816424
This well looked after milestone is not at it's original location.
Waymark Code: WMEFRR
Location: Eastern England, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 05/23/2012
Views: 6
This milestone has been moved a short way north. It no longer stands square to the road.
The Ordnance Survey maps show a guide post at this location and show a boundary marker and a guide post at the milestone's current location. The 1889 map shows it next to a now demolished pub, the Crown and Woolsack. It is shown as being:-
Stilton 2
London 73
Condition: Immaculate
Material: Metal
Inscription:
Top:-
To
London
73
Left:-
Alcon-
bury
Hill
5
Right:-
Stilton
2
Name of road: B1043, Old Great North Road.
Date placed: Not listed
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