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Old Milepost by the B656, Codicote Road, Welwyn
Cast iron post by the B656, in parish of WELWYN (WELWYN HATFIELD District), Codicote Road, North of Fulling Mill Lane, in pavement, back to railings, on West side of road. Cheshunt iron casting, erected by the Welwyn turnpike trust in the 19th century.
Inscription reads:-
: HITCHIN / 9 : : WELWYN : : LONDON / 25 :
Maker:-
: Champness of Cheshunt :
Grade II listed.
List Entry Number: 1100962 https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1100962
Milestone Society National ID: HE_LYX25a.
Image: © MW Hallett
Taken: 23 Mar 2003
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Welwyn: Listed milepost on the B656 Codicote Road
The milepost is a Grade II Listed Structure. The English Heritage website describes it thus:-
"Milepost. Mid C19. Cast iron. By Champness of Cheshunt. Triangular plan, hollow at back. 2 shallow panels with raised lettering: London 25 Hitchin 9. Sloping triangular top with semi-circular back panel."
The road is the B656 and once was the A600 between Welwyn and Hitchin.
The River Mimram is off to the left.
Image: © Nigel Cox
Taken: 22 Nov 2015
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River Mimram in Welwyn
This is the view looking upstream as the river flows alongside the Singlers Marsh Local Nature Reserve.
All the old large scale Ordnance Survey maps available online, up to the edition of 1937, call the watercourse "The River Maran or Mimram".
Image: © Nigel Cox
Taken: 22 Nov 2015
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Roundabout at the end of Codicote Road, Welwyn
Image: © David Howard
Taken: 31 May 2012
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Roundabout, Welwyn, Herts
Image: © John Salmon
Taken: 23 Feb 2007
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Cemetery and chapel
Taken from the Eastern side of Welwyn cemetery looking East, the horribly overexposed building with the short white steeple on its roof is the chapel on the OS map at TL228165
Image: © Rob Hinkley
Taken: 29 Apr 2006
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Fulling Mill Lane, Welwyn
Welwyn Evangelical Church is ahead on the left.
Image: © David Howard
Taken: 7 Aug 2022
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House on Codicote Road, Welwyn
Image: © David Howard
Taken: 6 Sep 2020
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Welwyn: B656 footbridge
The footbridge provides a pedestrian link between Welwyn village centre and the residential area to the north.
Image: © Nigel Cox
Taken: 22 Nov 2015
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Welwyn Evangelical Church
Image: © JThomas
Taken: 22 Feb 2014
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