Description

YOXALL

171/0/10023 A515
02-SEP-08 Milepost near Slade Covert

GV II
Milepost. C19. Hollow cast iron triangular with sloping top. Painted white with raised lettering in black and black painted base.
Inscription reads:
Left: YOXALL 2 ½
KINGS
BROMLEY 4 ½
LICHFIELD 10
Right: MARCHINGTON
6 ¼
SUDBURY 6 ½
ASHBOURNE
16 ½
Top: YOXALL

SUMMARY OF IMPORTANCE: This milepost survives well in its original location and forms part of a group, many of which are listed, marking out routes in East Staffordshire. Mileposts are reminders of the growing importance of road transport of people and goods in the C19. As a good example of a milepost in situ it fully merits listing.

SK1451222556

Reasons for Listing

This milepost survives well in its original location and forms part of a group, many of which are listed, marking out routes in East Staffordshire. Mileposts are reminders of the growing importance of road transport of people and goods in the C19. As a good example of a milepost in situ it fully merits listing.

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26671945

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Recommended Books

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  The Victorian House Manual (2nd Edition): How They Were Built, Improvements & Refurbishment, Solutions to All Common Defects - Includes Relevant ... ... Properties (Haynes Manual) (Haynes Manuals)
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  Suffolk: West: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)
• 
  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
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  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Sheffield and the South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)