NHER 46118 (Structure record) - 19th century milestone marking Norwich 9 miles and Mattishall 2 miles
The Norfolk Heritage Explorer is a filtered version of the Norfolk HER intended for casual research. Please contact us to consult the full record.
See also further guidance on using the Norfolk Heritage Explorer website.
Summary
Protected Status/Designation
Location
| Map sheet | TG01SE |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | EAST TUDDENHAM, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
March 1994. Listed, Grade II.
Listing Description Excerpt:
"Milestone. Mid C19. Stone. Inscribed 'Norwich 9 Mattishall 2'."
Information from (S1).
Please consult the National Heritage List for England (S1) for the current listing details.
Amended E. McDonald (HES), 8 November 2019.
Milestone marking Norwich 9 miles and Mattishall 2 miles and also incorporating an OS benchmark. One of 22 surviving milestones along the former Norwich, Swaffham and Mattishall turnpike. It was created in 1770 and ran from St. Benedict's Gate in Norwich to Swaffham. It lasted for 102 years and was disturnpiked in 1872.
The milestones in this series all date from 1868, and are likely to have been the fourth set to be placed on this road.
(S2) gives a description of this and other milestones along this route.
D. Holburn (HES), 19 December 2011.
2012. Maintenance work by the Milestone Society.
One of 60 milestones restored to celebrate the Queen's Diamond Jubilee.
Milestone Society members cleaned and painted this marker.
Information from survey form (S3) and photograph (S4).
H. Mellor (HES), 22 May 2018.
Associated Sources (5)
- --- SNF99427 Designation: English Heritage. 1990-2013. English Heritage Listing Notification. Notification. DNF1987.
- <S1> SNF48662 Designation: Historic England. National Heritage List for England. List Entry 1068814.
- <S2> SNF82820 Article in Serial: Haines, C. 1986. Norfolk Milestones, Part I. Journal of Norfolk Industrial Archaeology Society. Vol. 4, No. 1, pp 27-32. p 30.
- <S3> SNF93639 Survey Form: Ford, N. 2011-2015. Milestone Society Report Form. The Milestone Society. NO_NSM09a.
- <S4> SNF99009 Photograph: Haines, C. 2007. Photograph of the milestone marked Norwich 9 miles and Mattishall 2 miles, The Street, East Tuddenham. The Milestone Society. Digital. jpeg.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (1)
Object Types (0)
Related NHER Records (0)
Find out more...(1)
Record last edited
Nov 8 2019 12:29PM