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Shipston-on-Stour - Turnpike Mikepost Plaque
Plaque on Shipton's Church Street, located below the historic milepost on the A3400 between Long Compton and Stratford.
Note the pictorial sheep - Shipston = "sheep town".
Image: © Colin Smith
Taken: 29 Jul 2023
0.04 miles
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Shipston-on-Stour - Church Street Milepost
Historic cast iron post with wooden boards on the west side of Church Street, beside an old and distinctive red brick house. Erected by the Stratford to Long Compton Turnpike Trust in the 19th century, it was refurbished in 2017 by local members of the Milestone Society and local organisations, assisted by the Heritage Lottery Fund.
The pointers read - Long Compton 6 miles, London 82 and Stratford 10¼ miles.
Image: © Colin Smith
Taken: 29 Jul 2023
0.04 miles
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Shipston-on-Stour - Church Street Milepost
Historic cast iron post with wooden boards on the west side of Church Street, beside an old and distinctive red brick house. Erected by the Stratford to Long Compton Turnpike Trust in the 19th century, it was refurbished in 2017 by local members of the Milestone Society and local organisations, assisted by the Heritage Lottery Fund.
The pointers read - Long Compton 6 miles, London 82 and Stratford 10¼ miles.
Image: © Colin Smith
Taken: 29 Jul 2023
0.04 miles
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Shipston-on-Stour, milepost
In Church Street, one of a series of unique mileposts on A3400. Cast-iron, with leaf decorations at the base & ribbed stem. It is assumed from old photographs that distances were once displayed on boards standing upright from the arms at the top.
Image: © Mike Faherty
Taken: 11 Jul 2009
0.04 miles
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Shipston-on-Stour, Church Street 1983
View southward by the Old Red Lion Inn, on A3400.
Image: © Ben Brooksbank
Taken: 28 Aug 1983
0.04 miles
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Old Milepost by the A3400, Church Street, Shipston-on-Stour
Cast iron post with wooden attachment, by the A3400 (was A34), in parish of Shipston on Stour (Stratford on Avon District), Church Street, 40m South of junction with Station Road, in pavement, back to brick wall, on West side of road. Erected by the Stratford to Long Compton Turnpike Trust in the 19th century. Refurbished in 2017 by local members of the Milestone Society and local organisations, assisted by the Heritage Lottery Fund. https://www.findingtheway.org.uk/restorationproject.html
Inscription reads:-
LONG COMPTON / {hand to left} 6 MILES :: LONDON / 82 :: STRATFORD / 10¼ MILES {hand to right} :
Grade II Listed. List Entry Number: 1454482
https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1454482
Milestone Society National ID: WA_SFOX10.
Image: © Milestone Society
Taken: 28 Jul 2017
0.05 miles
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Milepost, Church Street, Shipston on Stour
Erected c1815 by the Stratford upon Avon to Long Compton Turnpike Trust https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1454482?section=official-list-entry
Image: © Jonathan Thacker
Taken: 20 Apr 2022
0.05 miles
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48 Church Street, Shipston on Stour
Early nineteenth century house https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1355609?section=official-list-entry
Image: © Jonathan Thacker
Taken: 20 Apr 2022
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The former Red Lion Inn, Shipston on Stour
Dates from the mid eighteenth century https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1185455?section=official-list-entry
Image: © Jonathan Thacker
Taken: 20 Apr 2022
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Houses in Shipston-on-Stour
Image: © Philip Halling
Taken: 6 Sep 2015
0.06 miles