Some Dorset Survivors     

This selection of Dorset milestone pictures was supplied by John Tybjerg, the Dorset Local Group (The Dorset Milestoners) Coordinator for The Milestone Society.  The majority of Dorset's milestones, about 200 of 226 known ones, are fairly plain and roughly hewn from local stone.  Most are Purbeck Stone with some Portland Stone.  Most have either a semi-circular, rounded or pointed top.  An interesting collection of 10 mile posts around Sherborne seemed to have a very local design.  Interestingly, none are further than three miles from Sherborne.  However, the same design appears in neighbouring counties to the north.   Although of cast iron, at first glance they could be mistaken for stone.  Many of the milestones had attachment plates of a fairly common design in Dorset of which 21 remain.  It is suspected that missing plates from stones were of the same or similar design.

 

Click on a thumbnail to view larger image.  All pictures on this page by John Tybjerg.

This page under development.  Captions and details to follow soon.
Route:  BLANDFORD - SARUM (Salisbury)
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NGR: ST 806945

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NGR: ST 905088

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NGR: ST 918099

 

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NGR: ST 931101

 
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NGR: ST 945113

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NGR: ST 958126

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NGR: ST 971134

 

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NGR: ST 985143

 
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NGR: ST 998152

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NGR: SU 009165

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NGR: SU 028191

 

 
Route:  DORCHESTER - BLANDFORD
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Dorchester

NGR: SY 691907

Start point from Dorchester to Blandford on the wall of the Old Courthouse, High West Street, Dorchester.

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Dorchester (outskirts)

NGR: SY 708912

This stone on the eastern outskirts is allegedly of Roman origin. By SW side of roundabout (not on the roundabout) where B3150 to Dorchester leaves the A35 Dorchester Bypass.		 71679245jt.jpg (67918 bytes)

Stinsford

NGR: SY 71679245

On south side of A35 opposite large lay by. The Roman numerals, barely discernable, at the top of the milestone possibly showed XXXVI (36) miles to Sarum (Salisbury)

XIIII (14) to Blandford and II (2) to Dorchester.

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Near Milborne St Andrew

NGR: SY 78309657

1 1/4 miles west of Milborne St Andrew on the A354.

Dorchester/7 and Blandford/9

O.S. benchmark lower front.

 
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Milborne St Andrew

NGR: SY 797974

Just west of Milborne St Andrew on A354.

Dorchester/8 and Blandford/8

O.S. benchmark lower front.

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Milborne St Andrew

NGR: SY 81169796

East of Milborne St Andrew on the A354.

Blandford / 7 / Dorchester/9

O.S. benchmark lower front

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NGR: SY 824989

Midway between Milborne and Winterborne on A354.

Blandford /6/ Dorchester / 10

Benchmark lower front.

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Winterborne Whitechurch

NGR: SY 837000

In Winterborne Whitechurch village on A354.

Blandford / 5/ Dorchester / 11

 

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Winterborne Whitechurch

NGR: SY 850008

South side of A354 1 mile east of Winterborne Whitechurch. 

Blandford / 4 / Dorchester / 12

Benchmark lower front.  The cross is a crucifix affixed at recent date.

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Charlton Marshall

NGR: SY 859021

Charlton Marshall Civil Parish.

Blandford / 3 / Dorchester / 13

Benchmark lower front.

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Blandford St Mary

NGR: SY 877048

Blandford St Mary on A354.  North side of road by small lay by.

Blandford / 1 / Dorchester 15

Benchmark lower front

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Blandford Forum

NGR: ST 884062

Outside The Crown Hotel at Blandford.

Dorchester 17 / Sarum 22 / Poole 14 / Wimborne 10 / Shaston 12 / Hyde Park Corner 104
DORCHESTER - WIMBORNE
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NGR: SY 806945

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NGR: SY 822947

 Dorchester 9 / Wimborne 13.  This one is on the new Puddletown bypass which now forms part of the Dorchester - Wimborne main road.  Probably resited as some of the bypass is new road and some is over the old road.
The DORSET PLATE
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Yetminster

NGR: SY59111155

 Just outside Yetminster.  This might be the only milestone in Dorset with tapered edges.
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Leigh village

NGR: 62330844

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NGR: ST 67290427

 Dorchester to Sherborne via the Old Sherborne Road.
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NGR: SY 672928

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NGR: SY 710890

 Dorchester to Wareham.  There is a mystery that needs to be resolved.  The first 3 milestones on the route have the sum total as 18 miles for the route but the remaining 7 total 17.  Old-maps has the distance as 15 (i.e. 17 total) on its 1890 map.
The SHERBORNE STYLE
None of the ten known examples of this type are further than 3 miles from Sherborne.  On the longer routes the style changes at 3 miles.

 

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Sherborne

NGR: ST 610164

 "Sherborne 2" on the Sherborne - Yeovil route.
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Sherborne

NGR: ST 648127

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Sherborne

NGR: ST 651176

 "Sherborne 1" on the Sherborne - Shaftesbury route.

 

 

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