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Some Hertfordshire Milestones |
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Route:
LONDON – WANSFORD BRIDGE [
OLD NORTH ROAD ] A10 – A1198 – A1 |
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The
turnpike from Wadesmill just North of Ware through Royston was the
earliest in the country being authorised by an Act of Parliament in
1663. The
route continues through Cambridgeshire to Stilton and Wansford
Bridge. |
NGR
TL 3596 1767 Opposite
‘The Feathers’ at Wadesmill |
North
of High Cross A
modern replacement |
Outside
the ‘Lamb and Flag’, Colliers End |
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Opposite
St Edmunds College, Standon |
Puckeridge
High Street |
The
28th, 29th and 30th milestones are no longer in place |
NGR:
TL 3631 2932 This
is the 31st stone outside St Peter’s Church, Buntingford |
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Opposite
‘Corneybury’, North of Buntingford |
Chipping
Hill Badly
damaged |
Relocated
and now on private property at Buckland |
NGR
TL 3566 3561 North
of junction with Church Lane, Reed |
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North
of the ‘Silver Ball’ café at Reed Restored
in 2004 following vandalism |
North
of Mile End Farm Plate
is now missing [2004] |
At
junction of London Road and Sun Hill, Royston |
Outside
Tesco store, Old North Road, Royston [originally
in Cambridgeshire] |
