Cast iron milestone on The Common

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Cast iron milestone on The Common

Image: © Alan Murray-Rust Taken: 4 Jun 2008

The main road through Crich is the Alfreton to Wirksworth B5035. This milepost shows that the road from Bull Bridge to Cromford was probably more important at the time, at least sufficient to have turnpike status.

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Image Location

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Latitude
53.082617
Longitude
-1.478192