Some Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire Milestones  

The Great North Road A1

St Neots to Catworth B645/B660

Stratton [near Biggleswade] to Bury B1040

The Old North Road A1198

The Barkway Road B1368

The A10

The Newmarket Road A1303

Newmarket - Six Mile Bottom A1304

   

 

Route:  Stratton to Bury

B1040

This cross-country route starts at Stratton, just South of Biggleswade, Bedfordshire and enters Cambridgeshire at Gamlingay.  It follows a North-Easterly route avoiding major towns until it reaches St Ives.  From there it turns North-Westerly to Bury, just South of Ramsey.  The milestones on this route are typically of square section with a pyramidal top

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Gamlingay

Set in a wall

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Waresley

Recently repainted

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Great Gransden

St Ives 11 Miles

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Great Gransden

St Ives 10 Miles

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Eltisley

At a crazy angle

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Hilton

Damaged by flail mowing

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Hilton

Opposite 'Prince of Wales'

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Hemingford Grey

St Ives 1 mile

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St Ives

An obelisk at the South end of the Somersham Road

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Old Hurst

St Ives 4 Miles

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Warboys

 

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Warboys

 

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Bury