Old Milestone by the A20, Maidstone Road, Charing parish

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Old Milestone by the A20, Maidstone Road, Charing parish

Image: © C Woodward Taken: 28 Aug 2007

Metal plates attached to stone post by the A20, in parish of CHARING (ASHFORD District), Maidstone Road, opposite Hook Cottages, West of village, on grass verge behind path, on North side of road. Maidstone double iron plate, erected by the Ashford & Maidstone turnpike trust in the 19th century. Inscription reads:- : ASHFORD / 6 / FOLKSTONE / 22 : : MAIDSTONE / 12 / LONDON / 47 : Carved benchmark and rivet on top. Kent HER. HER Number: TQ 94 NW 260 https://www.heritagegateway.org.uk/Gateway/Results_Single.aspx?uid=MKE78051&resourceID=1005 Milestone Society National ID: KE_LF47.

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