Record Details
| NHER Number: | 56405 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | 19th century milestone marking Norwich 10 miles and Mattishall 1 mile |
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Summary
One of 22 surviving milestones located along the former Norwich, Swaffham and Mattishall turnpike. The turnpike was created in 1770 and was disturnpiked in 1872.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TG 0675 1118 |
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| Map Sheet: | TG01SE |
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| Parish: | RUNHALL, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
Milestone marking Norwich 10 miles and Mattishall 1 mile and also incorporating an OS benchmark. One of 22 surviving milestones along the former Norwich, Swaffham and Mattishall turnpike. It was created in 1770 and ran from St. Benedict's Gate in Norwich to Swaffham. It lasted for 102 years and was disturnpiked in 1872.
The milestones in this series all date from 1868, and are likely to have been the fourth set to be placed on this road.
(S1) gives a description of this and other milestones along this route.
D. Holburn (HES), 19 December 2011.
2012. Maintenance work by the Milestone Society.
Milestone Society members lowered the soil levels, prepared, cleaned and painted this marker.
Information from survey form (S2) and photographs (S3).
H. Mellor (HES), 24 May 2018.
Monument Types
- MILESTONE (19th Century to 21st Century - 1868 AD to 2100 AD)
Associated Finds - none
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| --- | Photograph: Ford, N. 2012. Photographs of the milestone marked Norwich 10 miles and Mattishall 1 mile, Mattishall Road, Runhall. The Milestone Society. Digital. jpeg. |
| <S1> | Article in Serial: Haines, C. 1986. Norfolk Milestones, Part I. Journal of Norfolk Industrial Archaeology Society. Vol. 4, No. 1, pp 27-32. p 30. |
| <S2> | Survey Form: Ford, N. 2011-2015. Milestone Society Report Form. The Milestone Society. NO_NSM10a. |
Related records - none