NHER 56810 (Structure record) - Post-medieval milestone marking Norwich 14 miles and London 98 miles
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TM09NE |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | MORLEY, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full Description
One of 3 milestones along the Besthorpe to Kimberley road, which linked the Norwich-Thetford and Norwich-Watton turnpikes, and ran via Morley St Peter, Morley St Botolph, Wicklewood and Kimberley. This milestone is defaced.
(S1) gives further information on this road and the milestones along it.
D. Holburn (HES), 5 March 2012.
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 (S2) and photographs (S3).
H. Mellor (HES), 23 May 2018.
September 2016.
The stone has been struck and is in two pieces.
D. Gurney (HES), 5 September 2016.
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 43.
- <S2> SNF93639 Survey Form: Ford, N. 2011-2015. Milestone Society Report Form. The Milestone Society. NO_KBa.
- <S3> SNF99049 Photograph: Ford, J. and Ford, N. 2012-2013. Photographs of the milestone marked Norwich 14 miles and London 98 miles, Attleborough Road, Morley. The Milestone Society. Digital. jpeg.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (1)
Object Types (0)
Related NHER Records (0)
Record last edited
May 23 2018 3:03PM