Old Milepost by the A11, Bow Road, Poplar parish

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Old Milepost by the A11, Bow Road, Poplar parish

Image: © JV Nicholls & C Woodward Taken: 7 Jun 2005

Cast iron post by the A11, in parish of POPLAR (TOWER HAMLETS District), Bow Road E3, opposite Wellington Way, in front of shopping parade in pavement, on North side of road. Wedlake iron casting, erected by the Middlesex & Essex turnpike trust in the 19th century. Inscription reads:- : STRATFORD 1½ : : LONDON / 2 / BOW PARISH : : WHITE / CHAPEL / CHURCH / 2 : Maker:- : WEDLAKE / HORNCHURCH / ESSEX. : Milestone Society National ID: MX_LILF02.

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Image Location

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Latitude
51.527062
Longitude
-0.026089