Record Details
| NHER Number: | 62127 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | 19th century cast iron milepost marking Wells 7 miles and Norwich 25 miles |
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Summary
One of a series of milestones on roads owned by the Wells to Fakenham Turnpike Trust. This example was buried in 1940, recovered late 2015 and re-erected in April 2017.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TF 9487 3392 |
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| Map Sheet: | TF93SW |
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| Parish: | GREAT SNORING, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
Cast iron milepost buried in 1940 and recovered late 2015. Following conservation work it was re-erected in April 2017. It was made in 1834 by Thomas Brown of Burnham Market and is one of 14 surviving milestones along the roads formerly owned by the Wells to Fakenham Turnpike Trust. This milestone stands on the road that went from Wells via Snoring to join the Norwich to Fakenham Turnpike just south of Fakenham. It records: TO WELLS 7 MILES/ TO NORWICH 25 MILES.
All the surviving Trust milestones are of the same type, with a triangular section and have two angled sides topped by an arched vertical face.
(S1) contains information about the other milestones along the roads owned by this Trust.
A. Yardy (HES), 19 April 2017.
Monument Types
- MILESTONE (19th Century to 21st Century - 1834 AD to 2100 AD)
Associated Finds - none
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| --- | Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 2017. Village milepost restored after being buried for seventy years. 14 April. |
| <S1> | Article in Serial: Haines, C. 1989. Norfolk Milestones, Part III. Journal of Norfolk Industrial Archaeology Society. Vol. 4, No. 4, pp 137-142. p 139. |
Related records - none