Milestone, Devizes Road, at Five ways Crossroads, junction with Kingsdown Road
Description: Milestone, Devizes Road, at Five ways Crossroads, junction with Kingsdown Road, A365, S side, on wide on grass verge back from apex of junction. Metal plate attached to stone post, Bath hands iron plate (terminus) design, erected by Bath turnpike trust, 19th century. Inscription reads: // (THE / BATH ROADS / {POINTING HAND TO RIGHT} / TO THE / GUILDHALL / BATH / 7 /) //. Grade II listed by Historic England. Milestone Society National ID: WI_LB_BABH07x. Last record: 2017. (See www.milestonesociety.co.uk)
County: Wiltshire
District: North Wiltshire
Parish: Box
Named Location: Devizes Road, at Five ways Crossroads, junction with Kingsdown Road
Grid Reference:
ST83876710
Map Reference:
[EPSG:27700] 383870, 167100
Period/Subject: 19TH CENTURY - MILESTONE
Identifiers:
[ADS] Depositor Id: WI_LB_BABH07x
NHLE List Entry Number: 1285258
[ADS] Import RCN: MSS15-WI_LB_BABH07x
People Involved:
[Publisher] Historic Milestone Society
[Creator] A Rosevear
Bibliographic References:
- picture in "Discovering the Bath Road", by M Baker 1968; BIAS 1972; Milestones (Shire book) by Mervyn Benford (2002)
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