Old Boundary Marker
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Old Boundary Marker
Image: © R Hanns Taken: 24 Jul 2019
Estate Boundary Marker against a wall on private property near the rear entrance of Broadley Cottage, Roborough. BICKLEIGH parish. The raised lettering reads Beehive motif / H / P.P. / P on one face and Beehive motif / H / P. P. / P (Hospital Of Poor’s Portion Plymouth) on the other. The Hospital Of Poor’s Portion was in Catherine Street, Plymouth and was a charity and a workhouse. It was sold to Plymouth Corporation in 1855 and the site now houses the eastern end of the new Guildhall. An identical marker post is situated at Calstock https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/6426319. Milestone Society National ID: DV_BICK01em
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Image Location
Latitude
50.445966
Longitude
-4.125693