NHER 56815 (Structure record) - Post-medieval milestone marking Norwich 12 miles and London 100 miles
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TG00SE |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | WICKLEWOOD, 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 was missing for several years, before reappearing in 1992, set in concrete and with the year denoted upon it.
The inscription reads:
LHS: NORWICH/12/MILES.
RHS:LONDON/100/MILES.
(S1) gives further information on this road and the milestones along it.
D. Holburn (HES), 5 March 2012.
August 2012. Maintenance work by the Milestone Society.
One of the 60 milestones restored to celebrate the Queen's Diamond Jubilee, see publication (S2).
This was the 100th milestone restored by N. Ford, see newspaper article (S3).
Milestone Society members and the local Brownie group cleaned and painted this marker.
Information from survey form (S4) and photographs (S5).
H. Mellor (HES), 17 May 2018.
Associated Sources (5)
- <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> 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 128-129.
- <S3> SNF84860 Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 2012. Big project reaches 100th milestone. 17 August.
- <S4> SNF93639 Survey Form: Ford, N. 2011-2015. Milestone Society Report Form. The Milestone Society. NO_KBb.
- <S5> SNF98976 Photograph: Ford, J. and Norfolk County Council. 2012. Photographs of the milestone marked Norwich 12 miles and London 100 mile, Milestone Lane, Wicklewood. The Milestone Society. Digital. jpeg.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (1)
Object Types (0)
Related NHER Records (0)
Record last edited
May 17 2018 10:10AM