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Latitude: 51.833 / 51°49'58"N
Longitude: -0.455 / 0°27'17"W
OS Eastings: 506556
OS Northings: 216056
OS Grid: TL065160
Mapcode National: GBR G5V.5R8
Mapcode Global: VHFRT.26B5
Plus Code: 9C3XRGMW+52
Entry Name: Milestone Opposite No 51
Listing Date: 19 March 1987
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1295907
English Heritage Legacy ID: 157958
ID on this website: 101295907
Location: Markyate, Dacorum, Hertfordshire, AL3
County: Hertfordshire
District: Dacorum
Civil Parish: Markyate
Built-Up Area: Markyate
Traditional County: Hertfordshire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Hertfordshire
Church of England Parish: Markyate Street St John the Baptist
Church of England Diocese: St.Albans
Tagged with: Milestone
MARKYATE LONDON ROAD
TL 0616
(Vest side)
8/179 Milestone opposite
- No. 51
- II
Milestone. C18, for Dunstable-St.Albans-London Turnpike Trust
established by Act of Parliament 1722, on the stretch of Watling Street
retained by Thomas Telford when he improved The Holyhead Road for mail
coaches in the second decade of the C19, but cut off by the A5 byepass
completed c.1957. White freestone rectangular section pillar about 12
inches x 15 inches, buried so that only the top 18 inches and the upper
inscription show. N and E faces cut back for repeated recutting of
inscriptions. The present inscriptions are in C19 sans-serif capitals,
that on narrower N face 'LONDON/28/MILES', that on broader E face starts
with figure '5' but is otherwise illegible. (Branch Johnson (1970)105).
Listing NGR: TL0655616056
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