NHER 56768 (Structure record) - Post-medieval milestone marking Wells 2 miles and Lynn 30 miles
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TF84SE |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | HOLKHAM, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full Description
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 triangular in plan, with the Parish written vertically along the spine of the milestone.
(S1) gives further information regarding this turnpike and the milestones located along it.
D. Holburn (HES), 27 February 2012.
2014. Maintenance work by the Milestone Society.
Milestone Society members cleaned and painted this marker, a French drain was created at the base.
Information from survey form (S2) and photographs (S3).
H. Mellor (HES), 22 May 2018.
Associated Sources (3)
- <S1> SNF83348 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 41.
- <S2> SNF93639 Survey Form: Ford, N. 2011-2015. Milestone Society Report Form. The Milestone Society. NO_KLW30.
- <S3> SNF99022 Photograph: Ford, N. 2013-2014. Photographs of the milestone marked Wells 2 miles and Lynn 30 miles, A149, Holkham. The Milestone Society. Digital. jpeg.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (1)
Object Types (0)
Related NHER Records (0)
Record last edited
May 22 2018 1:35PM