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Old Milestone by the B3302 in Leedstown
Stone post (plates lost) by the B3302, in parish of CROWAN (KERRIER District), Leedstown near Post office, by the road, on East side of road. Erected by the Local Highways Board in the 19th century.
Inscription once read:-
: (HELSTON / 6 MILES) : : (HAYLE / 4 MILES) :
(plates missing)
Milestone Society National ID: CW_HLHY07
Image: © Ian Thompson
Taken: 10 Dec 2017
0.03 miles
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Old Milestone by the B3302 in Leedstown
Stone post (original plate lost - modern replacement) by the B3302, in parish of CROWAN (KERRIER District), Leedstown near Post Office, by the road, on East side of road. Erected by the Local Highways Board in the 19th century.
Inscription reads:-
: HELSTON / 6 MILES : : HAYLE / 4 MILES :
Cornwall & Scilly HER.
HER Number: 178376 https://www.heritagegateway.org.uk/Gateway/Results_Single.aspx?uid=MCO54153&resourceID=1020
Milestone Society National ID: CW_HLHY07
Image: © Rosy Hanns
Taken: 31 May 2019
0.03 miles
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Leedstown Village Store and Off Licence
Also still a post office, having survived the rural post office closures.
Image: © Rod Allday
Taken: 21 Oct 2011
0.04 miles
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Wesley
Image: © Paul Barnett
Taken: Unknown
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Wesleyan Chapel, Leedstown
The datestone is inscribed MDCCCLXII (ie 1862). The building is in Cornish Granite and is Grade II listed
Image: © Richard Rogerson
Taken: 4 Jul 2012
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Houses on Chapel Road, Leedstown
Image: © JThomas
Taken: 11 Jul 2017
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Leedstown : B3280
Looking along the road at the junction.
Image: © Lewis Clarke
Taken: 29 Sep 2022
0.07 miles
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The Duke of Leeds public house, Leedstown
Image: © JThomas
Taken: 11 Jul 2017
0.07 miles
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The Duke of Leeds public house in Leedstown
The name of the pub and the village derives from the Duke of Leeds's ownership of the nearby Godolphin Estate, which passed from the Earl of Godolphin to him in 1766. The Duke's family name of Townsend is the name of a neighbouring village.
Image: © Rod Allday
Taken: 21 Oct 2011
0.07 miles
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Direction Sign - Signpost by the B3280, Leedstown
Located in Leedstown, against the southeast corner wall of the Duke of Leeds pub on the west side of the crossroads of the B3302 Fraddam Road and the B3280 Praze Road. Crowan parish. 4 arms and double ball finial. All four arms, Hayle, Helston, Penzance and Redruth are now back in place. Grade II Listed details https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1142185. See also https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/6043396 and https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/6593461.
Milestone Society National ID: CW_SW6034
Image: © P Barnett
Taken: 2 Jul 2024
0.07 miles