Description

ST4717 STOKE SUB HAMDON CP HIGHWAY (South side)
6/312 Milestone about 10 metres east of
gateway to Greenways
(not included on list)
-
- II
Milestone. Early C19 probably. Ham stone pillar, cast iron plaque. Pillar triangular on plan, about 450mm wide on
principal faces and 300mm wide at back, about 700mm high, with roughly rounded top: plaques about 350mm wide x 100mm
deem, with curved drop under, reading 'YEOVIL/5 and a half' on west side and 'ILMINSTER/8' on east. This road was one
of the original roads administered by the spinster Trust, set up in 1759, and was turnpiked in that year. (Bentley J.
B and Murless B. J., Somerset Roads, SIAS, 1985).

Listing NGR: ST4779717567

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26534952

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Recommended Books

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  Norfolk 1: Norwich and North-East: Norwich and North-east v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Hampshire: South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Harrow on the Hill: A photographic portrayal of listed buildings and structures (Historic Buildings Picture Guides)
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  London 4: North: North v. 4 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)