Bow Bells Milestone, The Dicker
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Bow Bells Milestone, The Dicker
Image: © Simon Carey Taken: 11 Feb 2012
One of a series of milestones lining the current route of the A22, give or take a couple of by-passes. Believed to be the longest sequence of milestones in the country they were erected in 1754 by the turnpike trusts that ran the London to Eastbourne coaching road. Each milestone contains an image of a bow and three bells which represent the Bow Bells of London, on top of which is the mileage remaining to said destination. Finally they were topped with either a dot or from the 44 to 54 mile markers (Uckfield to Horsebridge) a buckle representing the Pelham family who were large landowners who lived in nearby Halland at the time and were involved in financially backing the turnpike's extension southwards in the 1750s. This one is the 52 mile marker that would have been erected on the former Dicker Common in the 18th century and probably moved when the road was straightened after enclosure in 1813. The barn in the distance belongs to Marigolds Farm.
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Image Location
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50.885992
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0.201645