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Milestone

A Grade II Listed Building in Chiseldon, Swindon

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Coordinates

Latitude: 51.5186 / 51°31'6"N

Longitude: -1.7245 / 1°43'28"W

OS Eastings: 419214

OS Northings: 179997

OS Grid: SU192799

Mapcode National: GBR 4VX.NV3

Mapcode Global: VHC19.2366

Plus Code: 9C3WG79G+C6

Entry Name: Milestone

Listing Date: 20 September 1979

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1300123

English Heritage Legacy ID: 318323

ID on this website: 101300123

Location: Chiseldon, Swindon, Wiltshire, SN4

County: Swindon

Civil Parish: Chiseldon

Built-Up Area: Chiseldon

Traditional County: Wiltshire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Wiltshire

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Description



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5410 CHISELDON MARLBROROUGH ROAD
COATE
Milestone
SU 17 NE 15/189

II

20-SEP-1979

Late C18 or early C19 milestone, with severly defaced inscription. It has a rounded face, and a curved, centrally- indented top. The milestone bears the insription, Swindon 2- Hungerford 14 miles; London 79 ,miles, alongside other illegible inscriptions. The milestone is mentioned in a work of 1884, 'The Life of the Fields' by Richard Jefferies, writer and naturalist, born in 1848 at Coate, near Swindon.

Listing NGR: SU1921479997

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