Cast-iron road marker, Milkwall is a Grade II listed building in the Forest of Dean local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 December 2015. Road marker.
Cast-iron road marker, Milkwall
- WRENN ID
- spare-lintel-yarrow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Forest of Dean
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 December 2015
- Type
- Road marker
- OS grid reference
- SO 582 092
- Coordinates
- 51.78004, -2.60654
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a cast-iron road marker located in Milkwall, commemorating the creation of the road through the Royal Forest of Dean in 1906. The marker is a semi-circular headed plaque, approximately 0.6 meters high, which celebrates the completion of the road funded by the Crown, under the authority of The Office of Woods. The plaque features a raised rim and lettering, with an inscription that reads: "THIS ROAD FOR A DISTANCE / OF 1485 YARDS [left arrow] WAS MADE / AT THE EXPENSE OF THE CROWN / FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE / INHABITANTS OF THE FOREST / AND DISTRICT / 1906 / E STAFFORD HOWARD ESQ / COMMISSIONER / PHILIP BAYLIS / DEP[UTY] SURV [EYOR]."
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