NHER 56775 (Structure record) - Post-medieval milestone marking Lynn 21 miles

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Summary

One of 16 surviving milestones along the Wells to Dersingham road.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TF74SE
Civil Parish TITCHWELL, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK

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One of 16 surviving milestones along the Wells to Dersingham road, which never became a turnpike but was an important route linking the coastal ports and villages and it was used by mail coaches which ran from Cambridge to Ely, King's Lynn and Wells.

The milestones along this route are of 3 different styles. This milestone is gravestone-shaped, with the distance written horizontally on the face facing the road, and with the name of the parish arched underneath the distance.

(S1) gives further information regarding this turnpike and the milestones located along it.
D. Holburn (HES), 27 February 2012.

  • --- Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 2015. Couple making their mark on coast road's hidden heritage. 28 October.
  • <S1> Article in Serial: Haines, C. 1997. Norfolk Milestones part VII. Journal of the Norfolk Industrial Archaeology Society Vol 6, No 2. Vol 6, No 2, pp 35-45. p 42.

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Record last edited

Dec 12 2017 1:32PM

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