Description

ST21NW OTTERFORD CP

6/39 Milepost on B3170 at NGR ST 2309
1680

II

Milepost. Circa 1840. Allen and Co of Taunton, iron founders. Cast iron. Triangular in plan, hollow in section sloping top, plinth with name of iron founders set below ground level. Inscribed in raised lettering right "TAUNTON
6", left "HONITON 12 3/8'. The Honiton and Ilminster Trust obtained consent
to turnpike the section of road from Shoreditch, south of Taunton, to the
Devon border by an Act of 1840. An almost complete set of mileposts survives along the road.
(Bentley, J.B and Murless, B.J Somerset Roads- The Legacy of the Turnpikes, 1985).

Listing NGR: ST2309116818

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26313313

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  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)