NHER 56395 (Structure record) - 19th century milestone marking Norwich 13 miles and Dereham 3 miles
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TG01SW |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | DEREHAM, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
Milestone marking Norwich 13 miles and Dereham 3 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.
(S1) gives a description of this and other milestones along this route.
D. Holburn (HES), 19 December 2011.
2012. Milestone removed.
Milestone Society members removed this milestone and placed the damaged milestone into a store, see [1], until a more suitable location can be decided.
Information from survey form (S2) and photographs (S3).
D. Gurney (HES), 28 January 2015.
Amended by H. Mellor (HES), 18 May 2018.
Associated Sources (3)
- <S1> 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 29.
- <S2> SNF93639 Survey Form: Ford, N. 2011-2015. Milestone Society Report Form. The Milestone Society. NO_NSM13.
- <S3> SNF98998 Photograph: Ford, N. 2011-2012. Photographs of the milestone marked Norwich 13 miles and Dereham 3 miles, B1110, Dereham. The Milestone Society. Digital. jpeg.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (1)
Object Types (0)
Related NHER Records (0)
Record last edited
May 29 2018 2:07PM