MILEPOST AT NGR ST 2401 1238 is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 December 1986. Mileage marker.

MILEPOST AT NGR ST 2401 1238

WRENN ID
noble-finial-nightshade
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Somerset
Country
England
Date first listed
18 December 1986
Type
Mileage marker
Source
Historic England listing

Description

ST21SW OTTERFORD CP

8/42 Milepost at NGR ST 2401 1238

II

Milepost. Circa 1840. Allen and Co of Taunton, iron founders. Cast iron. Triangular in plan, hollow in section, sloping top, plinth with name of iron founders set below ground level. Inscribed in raised lettering right "TAUNTON 9", left "HONITON 9 3/8". The Honiton and Ilminster Trust obtained consent to turnpike the section of road from Shoreditch, south of Taunton, to the Devon border by an Act of 1840. An almost complete set of mileposts survives along the road. (Bentley, J.B and Murless, B.J Somerset Roads - The Legacy of the Turnpikes, 1985).

Listing NGR: ST2401312381

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