Milestone on Civil Parish Boundary is a Grade II listed building in the North Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 June 1987. Milestone.
Milestone on Civil Parish Boundary
- WRENN ID
- dim-hammer-shade
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Hertfordshire
- Constituency
- North East Hertfordshire MP: Chris Hinchliff (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 3 June 1987
- Type
- Milestone
- Address
- Milestone on Civil Parish Boundary, Cambridge Road (B1368), Barley
- OS grid reference
- TL 393 369
- Coordinates
- 52.0137, 0.02854
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The milestone on the civil parish boundary is located on the west side of Barkway Cambridge Road (B1368). It is one of 16 milestones along the historic route from Cambridge to London, established by W. Warren between 1728 and 1732. This initiative was funded by the bequest of Dr. W. Mowse, who was the Master of Trinity Hall, Cambridge, from 1552 to 1553, aimed at maintaining roads in and around Cambridge. The milestone is a freestone pillar, approximately half a metre high and square in shape, though partially buried. On the front, there is an iron plate with a segmental head, which was attached around 1804, likely designed by McAdam for the Wadesmill Turnpike trust. The plate displays the distances: 'LONDON 36/BARKWAY 1/ CAMBRIDGE 15'.
Local climate
Milestone on Civil Parish Boundary sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 92% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 78% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 59% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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