Record Details
NHER Number: | 56349 |
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Type of record: | Monument |
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Name: | 18th century milestone marking Norwich 8 miles, Thetford 21 miles, London 101 miles |
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Summary
One of 21 surviving milestones located along the Norwich to Thetford turnpike. The turnpike was created in 1766 and lasted until 1870.
Images - none
Location
Grid Reference: | TG 1260 0268 |
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Map Sheet: | TG10SW |
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Parish: | WYMONDHAM, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
Milestone marking Norwich 8 miles, Thetford 21 miles and London 101 miles and also incorporating an Ordnance Survey benchmark. One of 21 surviving milestones along the former Norwich-Thetford turnpike. The turnpike originally ran from Wymondham to Attleborough in 1695 but was extended in 1708 to Hethersett and extended again in 1766 to run from Town Close, Norwich (just outside St Stephen's Gate) to the Chalk Pits near Thetford.
(S1) includes details of this and other surviving milestones along this route.
D. Holburn (HES), 13 December 2011.
2010. Maintenance work by the Milestone Society.
Milestone Society members cleaned and painted this marker.
Information from survey form (S2) and photographs (S3)
H. Mellor (HES), 17 May 2018.
Monument Types
- MILESTONE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
Associated Finds - none
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
--- | 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 130-131. |
<S1> | Article in Serial: Haines, C. 1991. Norfolk Milestones, Part IV. Journal of Norfolk Industrial Archaeology Society. Vol. 5, No. 1, pp.34-42. |
<S2> | Survey Form: Ford, N. 2011-2015. Milestone Society Report Form. The Milestone Society. NO_NT08. |
<S3> | Photograph: Ford, N. and Unknown. 2014. Photographs of the milestone marked Norwich 8 miles, Thetford 21 miles, London 101 miles, near Tuttles Lane, Wymondham. The Milestone Society. Digital. jpeg. |
Related records - none