Cumnor Hill at entrance to 'Milestone House'
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Cumnor Hill at entrance to 'Milestone House'
Image: © Roger Templeman Taken: 23 Sep 2015
The Ordnance Survey cut a benchmark (see http://www.bench-marks.org.uk/bm20336 ) in 1856 on a milestone (2 miles from Oxford) on the far side of the road outside the present 'Milestone House'. The stone has since been lost but the house retains its name.
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Image Location
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51.745359
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