Old Boundary Marker on North Road, Durham
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Old Boundary Marker on North Road, Durham
Image: © D Garside Taken: 15 Dec 2014
Municipal Boundary Marker on the pavement and with its south-west face against a stone boundary wall on the west side of North Road 40 metres north of Obelisk Lane. Durham parish. Inscribed D.U. / S.A (Durham Urban Sanitary Authority) and D &C L S / H B (Durham and Chester le Street Highway Board) on its adjacent faces and H&LA / 1878 (Highways & Locomotive Act 1878) on its bevelled top face. It marked the road maintenance responsibility boundary between the Durham Urban Sanitary Authority and the Durham & Chester-le-Street Highway Board, although the city boundary ran up the centre of the road for most of the length of North Road. See also: Image Grade II listed. List Entry Number: 1160415 https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1160415. Milestone Society National ID: DU_DUR02pb
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Image Location
Latitude
54.781315
Longitude
-1.585386