Milepost, Pear Tree Hill
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Milepost, Pear Tree Hill
Image: © Ian Capper Taken: 20 Nov 2011
Close up of the cast iron milepost in Image This of a standard design for mileposts along this route, which was built in 1816 as a direct route from Gatton Point, north of Redhill, to Povey Cross, near Gatwick. The post shows the distances to/from Brighton and Westminster Bridge on the two faces, but in a different order according to the direction of travel. On the top face is the locality (here the Parish of Horley).
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Image Location
Latitude
51.196076
Longitude
-0.163888