Abwell milestone
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Abwell milestone
Image: © Mike Faherty Taken: 19 Oct 2008
One for the connoisseurs! Off the unclassified road from Berkeley to Purton, nowadays down a lane on a loop off the current road, against garden railings. Other Berkeley milestones seem to have been defaced during WW2; this escaped, perhaps because it was so obscure. Why did the original road take this loop? Did the 19C landowner object & was powerful? Milestone Society description: Carved stone post by the UC road, in parish of HAMFALLOW (STROUD District), Abwell, in old road loop, opposite sports ground, against garden railings, on North side of road. Erected by the Berkley & Dursley (Division) turnpike trust in the 19th century. Inscription reads:- : TO / BERKELEY / 1 / MILE : Carved benchmark front middle. Milestone Society National ID: GL_BKPT01
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Image Location
Latitude
51.70513
Longitude
-2.45927