Milepost About 1/4 Mile North East of Ford Village is a Grade II listed building in the Northumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 March 1988. Milepost.

Milepost About 1/4 Mile North East of Ford Village

WRENN ID
half-remnant-merlin
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Northumberland
Constituency
North Northumberland MP: David Smith (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
10 March 1988
Type
Milepost
Address
Milepost About 1/4 Mile North East of Ford Village, B6353
OS grid reference
NT 952 378
Coordinates
55.63436, -2.07717
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is a milepost located about a quarter of a mile northeast of Ford Village. It dates from the early to mid-19th century and is made of cast iron. The post is short and fluted, featuring an oval top with two oval facets. One side is inscribed with "BEL" for Belford, and the opposite side has "COR" for Cornhill, indicating a distance of 12 miles to Belford and 7 miles to Cornhill.

Local climate

Milepost About 1/4 Mile North East of Ford Village receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 57% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 82% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 59% of listed buildings. Of these, 20 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.

Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.

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