Old Milestone by the A458, The Mount, Shrewsbury
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Old Milestone by the A458, The Mount, Shrewsbury
Image: © A Reade/J Higgins Taken: 8 Jul 2008
Metal plate attached to stone post by the A458, in parish of SHREWSBURY (SHREWSBURY AND ATCHAM District), Severn View; Hafren Road/The Mount, in pavement with back to wall, on South side of road. Telford gabled iron plate, erected by the Holyhead Road turnpike trust in the 19th century. The first milestone on the 'Holyhead Road'. Inscription reads:- HOLY- HEAD 106- M SALOP 0 M-6F. Grade II listed. List Entry Number: 1270527 https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1270527 Milestone Society National ID: SA_HH106.
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Image Location
Latitude
52.712515
Longitude
-2.766039