Milestone, Woodbine Terrace, Coate, Swindon
Introduction
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Milestone, Woodbine Terrace, Coate, Swindon
Image: © Brian Robert Marshall Taken: 14 Apr 2020
This milestone dates from the turn of the 19th century i.e. late 1790s or early 1800s. The road on which it is installed was once the main road east from Swindon to London, and which remained so until the road was bypassed by a much wider dual carriageway in the latter part of the 20th century. It is not easy to decipher the inscriptions but it shows mileages to, inter alia, London (79 miles), Hungerford (14 miles), Swindon (2 miles) and Marlborough (? miles). Listed Grade II https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1184444 Image taken in compliance with SI 2020 no. 350.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.543157
Longitude
-1.734411