Old Milepost by the A509 near Emberton Country Park
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Old Milepost by the A509 near Emberton Country Park
Image: © A Rosevear & J Higgins Taken: 3 Aug 2003
Cast iron post by the A509, in parish of Emberton (Milton Keynes District), Newport Road; 100m North of junction to Emberton Country Park, on wide verge, set in concrete, on East side of road. Barwell iron casting, erected by the Kettering & Newport Pagnell turnpike trust in the 19th century. Inscription reads:- : NEWPORT- / -PAGNELL / 4 : : LONDON / 54 : : WELLING- / -BOROUGH / 12 : Maker:- : BARWELL & Co / {eagle motif} / FOUNDRY / NORTHAMPTON : Milestone Society National ID: BU_NPWB04
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Image Location
Latitude
52.143051
Longitude
-0.705123