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
Country
England
Date first listed
3 June 1987
Type
Milestone
Source
Historic England listing

Description

BARKWAY CAMBRIDGE ROAD (B1368) TL 3931 3696 (West side)

3/1 Milestone on Civil Parish Boundary

  • II

Part in Barley Civil Parish (q.v.). One of the 16 milestones on the old road from Cambridge to London set up by W.Warren in 1728-32 under the bequest in 1586 of Dr. W. Mowse, Master of Trinity Hall, Cambridge 1552-3 for the upkeep of roads in and about Cambridge. A freestone pillar about a half metre high, part buried, square. To front is an iron plate with a segmental head, affixed c.1804 possibly to design of McAdam for the Wadesmill Turnpike trust. This reads 'LONDON 36/BARKWAY 1/ CAMBRIDGE 15'. (W.B. Johnson, Industrial Archaeology of Hertfordshire, 1970, p.110-11).

Listing NGR: TL3931036971

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