Old Milestone, High Street, Bathford Hill
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Old Milestone, High Street, Bathford Hill
Image: © JR Dowding Taken: 1 Jan 1900
The milestone is located on the wide bank beside trees on the south side of the road. Parish of Bathford (Bath and North East Somerset District). Stone post (attached metal plate missing), Bath incised iron plate design, erected by the Bath turnpike trust in the 19th century. The original metal plate is missing in this image. Its date is not known but it was taken before a replacement plate was fitted by Bath and North East Somerset council in 2007. See https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/7050421 Inscription read:- To / BATH / 4 Grade II Listed, List Entry Number: 1115291 https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1115291 Milestone Society National ID: SO_BAKD04
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Image Location
Latitude
51.3993
Longitude
-2.288663