Milepost is a Grade II listed building in the North Yorkshire local planning authority area, England. Milepost.
Milepost
- WRENN ID
- hidden-flagstone-candle
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Yorkshire
- Constituency
- Harrogate and Knaresborough MP: Tom Gordon (LD)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Milepost
- Address
- Milepost, Old York Road, Flaxby
- OS grid reference
- SE 405 580
- Coordinates
- 54.01719, -1.38245
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This milepost, dating from the early to mid-19th century, is made of cast iron and gritstone. It has a triangular section with a rounded top and stands approximately 1 metre high. The inscriptions on the milepost indicate the directions: at the top, it reads 'KNARESBOROUGH AND GREEN HAMMERTON ROAD'; on the left face, it states 'KNARESBOROUGH 4 MILES'; and on the right face, it notes 'GREEN HAMMERTON 4 MILES'. The cast-iron plate is secured to the gritstone support by two bolts at the top. This section of the York-Boroughbridge Road was established as a turnpike in 1752, replacing an older, winding route through Ferrensby, Arkendale, and Whixley. A turnpike bar was located at Flaxby, and further road improvements occurred in the Harrogate and Knaresborough area during the 1820s and 1830s.
Local climate
Milepost receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 66% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 86% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 40 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 77% of listed buildings. Of these, 20 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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