Old Milestone by the A365, Devizes Road, Box Fiveways
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Old Milestone by the A365, Devizes Road, Box Fiveways
Image: © A Rosevear Taken: 14 Aug 2003
Metal plate (stolen after 2009) attached to stone post by the A365, in parish of BOX (NORTH WILTSHIRE District), Devizes Road. At Fiveways Crossroads junction with Kingsdown Road, on wide grass verge back from apex of junction, on South side of road. Bath hands iron plate (terminus), erected by the Bath turnpike trust in the 19th century. Inscription once read:- THE BATH ROADS {hand->} TO THE GUILDHALL BATH 7 Grade II listed. List Entry Number: 1285258 https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1285258 Milestone Society National ID: WI_LB_BABH07x.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.402616
Longitude
-2.233223