Obelisk Milestone Approximately 10 Metres To East Of The Bell Inn is a Grade II listed building in the Shropshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 May 1955. Milestone.

Obelisk Milestone Approximately 10 Metres To East Of The Bell Inn

WRENN ID: winding-finial-vale
Grade: II
Local Planning Authority: Shropshire
Country: England
Date first listed: 26 May 1955
Type: Milestone
Source: Historic England listing

Description

SJ 70 NE TONG C.P. NEWPORT ROAD (West side)

6/18 Obelisk Milestone approximately 26/5/55 10 metres to East of the Bell Inn (formerly listed as Butter Cross, Tong Norton).

GV II

Obelisk milestone. Reputedly a mediaeval wayside cross base surmounted by C18 obelisk. Sandstone. Square base with 2 steps, and tapered square obelisk above. Inscribed; to East; "Brewood/6/Lichfield/21" to South: "Albrighton/10/LONDON/134" to West; "Shifnal/3/Salop/21" to North; "Newport/ 8/Chester/49". This milestone reputedly incorporates part of, or is on the site of, a mediaeval wayside cross. D. H. Robinson, The Wandering Worfe, Waine Research Publications, 1980, pp. 53-4.

Listing NGR: SJ7917808108

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