Old Milestone by the A2, High Street, Newington

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Old Milestone by the A2, High Street, Newington

Image: © EK Taken: 1 May 2003

Metal plates attached to stone post by the A2, in parish of NEWINGTON (SWALE District), High Street; by No. 89, opposite No. 126, recessed into retaining wall of garden, on North side of road. Dover Road facet, erected by the Chatham & Canterbury turnpike trust in the 19th century. Inscription reads:- : 3 / MILES / TO / SITTINGBOURNE : : 37 / MILES / TO / LONDON : Kent HER. HER Number: TQ 86 SE 140 https://www.heritagegateway.org.uk/Gateway/Results_Single.aspx?uid=MKE33424&resourceID=1005 Milestone Society National ID: KE_LD37.

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