Description: Milestone, Cricklade Road; 140m N of Pound Farm, Widham, 20m N of Mopes Lane junction to landfill, On an unclassified road , W side, on wide on grass verge. Carved stone post, Purton column design, erected by Cirencester & Wootton Bassett turnpike trust, 19th century. Inscription reads: // TO / CRICKLADE / 3 / CIRENCESTER / 10 / Miles //BATH / 32 / WOOTTON / BASSETT / 5 / Miles //. Grade II listed by Historic England. Milestone Society National ID: WI_CKWB03. Last record: 2002. (See www.milestonesociety.co.uk)
County: Wiltshire
District: North Wiltshire
Parish: Purton
Named Location: Cricklade Road; 140m N of Pound Farm, Widham, 20m N of Mopes Lane junction to landfill
Grid Reference:
SU09398911
Map Reference:
[EPSG:27700] 409390, 189110
Period/Subject: 19TH CENTURY - MILESTONE
Identifiers:
[ADS] Depositor Id: WI_CKWB03
NHLE List Entry Number: 1198327
[ADS] Import RCN: MSS15-WI_CKWB03
People Involved:
[Publisher] Historic Milestone Society
[Creator] A Rosevear
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