NHER 57093 (Monument record) - Former site of milestone marking 14 miles to Fakenham and 10 miles to Norwich

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Summary

Former site of a milestone marking 14 miles to Fakenham and 10 miles to Norwich. The stone was reported as lost in the 1990s.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TG01NE
Civil Parish GREAT WITCHINGHAM, BROADLAND, NORFOLK

Map

A milestone recorded by the Milestone society and positioned along the Norwich to Fakenham road. This is a Norfolk Country Council, V-plan, cast-iron milestone with the location names written diagonally across the two side faces and the parish written vertically on the spine.

The inscription reads:
TOP: "N.C.C./MAIN ROAD".
LHS: "TO/FAKENHAM/14".
CENTRE: "LENWADE".
RHS: "TO/NORWICH/10".
See (S1) for further information.
D. Holburn (HES), 19 April 2012.

The Milestone Society recorded the stone as lost in the 1990s.
A. Yardy (HES), 15 December 2012.

  • <S1> *Digital Archive: Haines, C. 2011. Norfolk Milestones, The Milestone Society.

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Record last edited

May 29 2018 3:48PM

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