Old Milestone by A38, Gloucester Road

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Old Milestone by A38, Gloucester Road

Image: © Roadside Relics Taken: 14 Feb 2023

The Milestone is located under tree at back of lay-by, Southwest of Rudgeway Park on the West of the road.  Parish of Alveston (South Gloucestershire District). Stone post (plate lost), Sodbury Aust plate design, erected by the Sodbury Division turnpike trust in the 19th Century. An earlier photograph can be found here: https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/6099221  Inscription reads:- TO / (Chipping Sodbury / 8) Milestone Society National ID: GL_SYAU08

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Image Location

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Latitude
51.574304
Longitude
-2.543951