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Chippenham, Middlefield Road
In the foreground, modern housing; older, farther South.
Image: © Mike Faherty
Taken: 7 Apr 2010
0.02 miles
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Chippenham, Hathaway Medical Centre
On Marshfield Road, at the junction with Middlefield Road. http://www.hathawaysurgery.co.uk/asp/mContent.asp?pID=389
Image: © Mike Faherty
Taken: 7 Apr 2010
0.03 miles
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Old Milestone by the A420, Bristol Road, Chippenham
Metal plate attached to stone post by the A420, in parish of CHIPPENHAM WITHOUT (NORTH WILTSHIRE District), Bristol Road, 105m North West of junction with Old Hardenhuish Lane and tollhouse, deep in hedge between path and wooden fence, on North side of road. Marshfield iron plate, erected by the Chippenham turnpike trust in the 19th century.
Inscription reads:-
8 MILES
TO
(MARSHFIELD)
(1 MILE)
(TO)
(CHIPPENHAM)
Grade II listed. List Entry Number: 1022902
https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1022902
Milestone Society National ID: WI_CPMF01.
Image: © A Rosevear
Taken: 23 Sep 2003
0.12 miles
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Brand new Lidl store on Hungerdown Lane, Chippenham
It opened on February the 14th 2019. The map shows a school occupied the site previously.
Image: © David Howard
Taken: 1 Jun 2019
0.13 miles
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2010 : Rank of older houses adjoining the A420
Just past the roundabout on the bypass as you enter Chippenham.
Image: © Maurice Pullin
Taken: 16 Mar 2010
0.13 miles
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2010 : Comet store at the edge of a business park
Off the A420 to the west of Chippenham.
Image: © Maurice Pullin
Taken: 16 Mar 2010
0.13 miles
7
2010 : Wickes DIY store, Chippenham
Off the A420 to the north of a business park west of Chippenham.
Image: © Maurice Pullin
Taken: 16 Mar 2010
0.14 miles
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Gas Governor off Hunger Down Lane
Image: © Alex McGregor
Taken: 10 Dec 2014
0.15 miles
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Inverted benchmark
It's not terribly common but sometimes the arrows are above the datum line. However, it may be that the mark was originally positioned elsewhere at Folly Gate and the stonework reused after rebuilding. Historic references appear to indicate the mark at this location since the late 1880s. See http://www.bench-marks.org.uk/bm41652 for the Benchmark Database, or
Image] for a look at the old turnpike tollhouse.
Image: © Neil Owen
Taken: 29 Feb 2012
0.17 miles
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'Turnpike Cottage'
A former tollhouse on the A420 Bristol Road junction with the B4528 Hardenhuish Lane, an area once known as Folly Gate. It may have been built in around 1830 for the Chippenham Turnpike Trust. See
Image] for a peculiar benchmark.
Image: © Neil Owen
Taken: 29 Feb 2012
0.17 miles