Mounting block
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Mounting block
Image: © Ian Capper Taken: 18 Jul 2017
A mounting block alongside Tadcaster Road. The inscription on the plaque on alongside reads: This stone mounting block was formerly used as the first milestone from York, measured from Ouse Bridge. It also marked the re-entrant angle of the City Boundary of 1832. Grade II listed - see www.historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1256502. For a closer view see Image and for a wider view see Image
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Image Location
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Latitude
53.947962
Longitude
-1.10053