Old Milepost by the A522, New Road, Uttoxeter
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Image: © Robert Hunt Taken: 31 Oct 2019
Cast iron post by the A522 (was A50), in parish of UTTOXETER (EAST STAFFORDSHIRE District), New Road, Uttoxeter, in pavement in front of brick wall of garden, on South side of road. Thornewill iron casting, erected by the Uttoxeter & Blythe Marsh turnpike trust in the 19th century. An earlier photograph can be found here https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/6096142. Inscription reads:- : NEWCASTLE / 17 / MILES : : LONDON / 140 / LIVERPOOL / 71 / UTTOXETER / PARISH : : UTTOXETER / 1 / MILE : Maker:- : THORNEWILL / BURTON : Grade II listed. List Entry Number: 1374333 https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1374333 Milestone Society National ID: ST_NCUT17