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A350, Sturminster Marshall
Beside the A350, Blandford Road is a milestone indicating the distances to Poole and Blandford. For a closer view of the milestone
Image
Image: © Maigheach-gheal
Taken: 25 Jun 2011
0.08 miles
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Old Milestone by the A350, south east of Sturminster Marshall
Carved stone post by the A350, in parish of STURMINSTER MARSHALL (EAST DORSET District), Blandford Road, 160m North of cross-roads with Station Road, in front of Burton Lux, against hedge by a row of bungalows, on West side of road. Dorset 3 (limestone), erected by the Blandford & Poole turnpike trust in the 19th century.
Inscription reads:-
POOLE
8
BLANDFORD
6
Milestone Society National ID: DO_POBF08.
Image: © J Tybjerg
Taken: 30 Aug 2002
0.09 miles
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Milestone, Sturminster Marshall
Milestone beside the A350, Blandford Road.
Milestones did not come into general use until the Turnpike Act of 1766 made them compulsory on turnpike roads, these roads were built by private enterprise under licence from the Government and maintained by tolls on those who used them. Before this Act milestones were put up occasionally, often as charitable acts and commemorations. Many Turnpike Act stones still exist. They are usually 2-3 ft high, with the initial letter or abbreviation of the nearest market town shown on two faces, and the distance from it.
Image: © Maigheach-gheal
Taken: 25 Jun 2011
0.10 miles
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Footpath, Sturminster Marshall
This footpath runs along the old Somerset and Dorset Railway line.
Image: © Lorraine and Keith Bowdler
Taken: 7 May 2011
0.14 miles
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Sturminster Marshall: shop/post office
The only shop in this substantial village also houses the post office.
Image: © Chris Downer
Taken: 7 Dec 2008
0.14 miles
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Sturminster Marshall: postbox № BH21 75, Station Road
This postbox stands outside
Image and is emptied finally at 5pm on weekdays and at 9am on Saturdays.
Image: © Chris Downer
Taken: 7 Dec 2008
0.14 miles
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Old Garages, Railway Drive, Sturminster Marshall
Image: © Lorraine and Keith Bowdler
Taken: 7 May 2011
0.14 miles
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Sturminster Marshall Post Office
Post office and store, on Station Road.
Image: © Mike Faherty
Taken: 17 Jan 2012
0.15 miles
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Spar Shop , Sturminster Marshall
This small shop in the middle of the village is tacked onto a much older house set further back from the road and now almost completely hidden by the shop. The shop has its own parking spaces just in front of it.It also houses the post office. It is on Station Rd which at its northern end becomes High St and at its southern end at the A350 becomes Dullar Lane.
Image: © Nigel Mykura
Taken: 8 May 2012
0.15 miles
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April Lodge, Sturminster Marshall
Image: © Roger Cornfoot
Taken: 3 Dec 2022
0.17 miles