Milestone Opposite No 51 is a Grade II listed building in the Dacorum local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 March 1987. Milestone.

Milestone Opposite No 51

WRENN ID: small-latch-yew
Grade: II
Local Planning Authority: Dacorum
Country: England
Date first listed: 19 March 1987
Type: Milestone
Source: Historic England listing

Description

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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