NHER 56564 (Structure) - Milestone marking Norwich 4 miles and Loddon 6 miles
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TG20SE |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | FRAMINGHAM PIGOT, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full Description
One of 7 surviving milestones along the Norwich to Beccles road, marking Norwich 4 miles and Loddon 6 miles. This road never became a turnpike although it was a well travelled route.
The milestones along this route are of varying styles, indicating that they were put up separately by the parish councils and thus are almost impossible to accurately date.
This stone is unusual, as it is semi-circular. It is in poor condition and half buried in a bank, however the inscription can just about be deciphered as reading: IV/Miles To/NORWICH/VI/TO LODDON/FRAMINGHAM.
(S1) contains information regarding this and other milestones along this route.
D. Holburn (HES), 23 January 2012.
2012. Maintenance work by the Milestone Society.
One of 60 milestones restored to celebrate the Queen's Diamond Jubilee, see publication (S2).
Milestone Society members removed this marker with the intention of adding a plinth to increase visibility, instead the marker was placed on top of a concrete paving stone. The milestone was cleaned and painted.
Information from survey form (S3) and photographs (S4).
H. Mellor (HES), 22 May 2018.
Associated Sources (4)
- <S1> SNF82996 Article in Serial: Haines, C. 1993. Norfolk Milestones Part V. Journal of Norfolk Industrial Archaeology Society. Vol 5, No 3, pp 193-199. p 195.
- <S2> SNF93643 Publication: Ford, J. and Ford, N. 2014. Moving Miles. Restoring 60 of Norfolk's milestones with the help of children, royalty, and hard work. pp 54-55.
- <S3> SNF99012 Photograph: Ford, J. and Ford, N. 2012-2013. Photographs of the milestone marked Norwich 4 miles and Loddon 6 miles, Loddon Road, Framingham Pigot. The Milestone Society. Digital. jpeg.
- <S3> SNF93639 Survey Form: Ford, N. 2011-2015. Milestone Society Report Form. The Milestone Society. NO_NBE4.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (1)
Object Types (0)
Related NHER Records (0)
Record last edited
May 22 2018 10:50AM