Record Details
| NHER Number: | 56351 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | 19th century milestone marking Norwich 10 miles and Thetford 19 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 1024 0066 |
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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 10 miles and Thetford 19 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.
August 2011. Maintenance 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 (18th Century to 21st Century - 1800 AD to 2100 AD)
Associated Finds - none
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| <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_NT10. |
| <S3> | Photograph: Ford, J. 2013. Photograph of the milestone marked Norwich 10 miles and Thetford 19 miles, London Road, Wymondham. The Milestone Society. Digital. jpeg. |
Related records - none