Milestone Against South West Corner Of The Town Hall is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 April 1987. Milestone.

Milestone Against South West Corner Of The Town Hall

WRENN ID: solemn-mantel-plover
Grade: II
Local Planning Authority: Somerset
Country: England
Date first listed: 28 April 1987
Type: Milestone
Source: Historic England listing

Description

Milestone etc., Town Hall, High Street 10/55 8/55

ST5222 10/55

ILCHESTER CP HIGH STREET (East side) Milestone against south-west corner of the Town Hall

GV II

Milestone. Possibly C18. Ham stone, about 400mm wide and 100mm thick, one metre high, with triangular top. Incised lettering reads "MILES TO/LONDON 127/BRISTOL 35/BATH 33/WELLS 18/TAUNTON 24/YEOVIL 5". Possibly erected by the Ilchester Trust, founded 1753, as the starting point from which all the mileages on their toll roads were measured. (Bentley, J and Murless, B J, Somerset Roads, Somerset Industrial Archaeological Society, 1985).

Listing NGR: ST5216322695

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