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Bradley View, MELKSHAM, SN12 6RH

Seen outside Image] the mouth waters.

A fairly busy road at most times of day.

Where various pork products are for sale.

Seen from the north on a bridleway. The distant hill is on the other side of the Kennet and Avon Canal (unseen). Houses in Seend are ranged along the top.

The milestone stands on a wide verge beside the A365. Milestones are the original roadside heritage features with many dating back hundreds of years and these historic items are under threat from highway developments.

Metal plate attached to stone post by the A365, in parish of SEEND (KENNET District), Bath Road, 50m West of Brookes Farm (previously Mitchell Farmhouse), on wide verge (cut) between road and shallow ditch and hedge, on South side of road. Bath incised iron plate, erected by the Melksham turnpike trust in the 19th century. Inscription reads:- To BATH 15 Carved benchmark on mid right side. Grade II Listed. List Entry Number: 1243486 https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1243486 Milestone Society National ID: WI_LB_BADZ15.

The milestone is beside the A365 near Mitchell's Farm. For a wider view see Image 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 show on two faces, and the distance from it. There is a bench mark on the reverse of the stone.

The bench mark is on the reverse side of the milestone in Image For more details about the bench mark A bench mark is an Ordnance Survey arrowhead sign found on walls, bridges, churches and specially erected triangulation pillars where the altitude above sea-level has been accurately measured by surveyors. The arrowhead points to a horizontal line above it which marks the exact altitude. With rivets and pivots there is no datum (horizontal line) cut, the pointed-to horizontal surface defining the datum height.

Seen from the footpath is this view of the Kennet & Avon canal and the valley beyond.