Description

CARDINHAM

1557/0/10008 A30
01-OCT-10 Milestone at Blisland Junction

GV II
A milestone, dating from c1769, in stone. The milestone is rectangular with a cambered head, and stands approximately 1m high. The milestone is inscribed with seriphs: Blisland/2/B/3; the lettering is picked out in black paint.

HISTORY
The milestone stands at a junction on the former main route between Bodmin and Launceston. The 1769 Act of Parliament that set up the Bodmin Turnpike Trust (9 Geo III, c. 59 (local and personal)) required milestones and direction posts to be erected along the road. The milestone is of a standard shape commonly employed by the Bodmin Turnpike Trust at that time. The route was later improved to avoid the steep gradient out of Bodmin at Castle Street, and a later triangular three-mile stone can be found about half a mile away on the re-aligned section. The earlier milestone survived in situ and is marked on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey map of 1880.

REASONS FOR DESIGNATION:
The milestone at Blisland Junction, is recommended for listing at Grade II, for the following principal reasons:
* An intact milestone dating from the C18, which remains in its original position.
* Group value with the other listed milestones along the turnpike route.

Reasons for Listing

The milestone at Blisland Junction is designated at Grade II, for the following principal reasons:
* An intact milestone dating from the C18, which remains in its original position.
* Group value with the other listed milestones along the turnpike route.

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26673492

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Recommended Books

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  Kent: West and the Weald: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Lancashire: Liverpool and the South-West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
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  Norfolk 1: Norwich and North-East: Norwich and North-east v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)