Description

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TQ69NW CHELMSFORD ROAD, Shenfield 723-1/6/266 (North West side) Milestone in road verge opposite No.179

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Milestone. C18. Limestone. Square in plan, angled to road, the SE arris chamfered at the top to form an inclined surface inscribed `London XX'. The N face is inscribed `XX miles from London', now facing away from the road. The W face is inscribed with an OS benchmark. Cracked through and cemented about 0.35m from the top. 0.28m square, standing 0.73m above ground. The road between Shenfield and Ingatestone town was one of the first roads in Essex to be turnpiked, by the Essex Trust under an Act of 1695. Cast-iron cover plates were developed in 1819 to reduce the frequent costs of re-cutting the inscriptions, so this is evidently substantially earlier, having been inscribed, turned and inscribed again before 1819. (Booker J: Essex and the Industrial Revolution: 1974-: 101, 105, 113-116; Cary J: Survey of the High Roads from London: 1790-: 47).

Listing NGR: TQ6172296380

External Links

• Wikidata Q26491672

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