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Milestone Beside the Road Opposite Brookland Avenue

A Grade II Listed Building in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire

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Coordinates

Latitude: 52.1917 / 52°11'30"N

Longitude: 0.1238 / 0°7'25"E

OS Eastings: 545267

OS Northings: 256951

OS Grid: TL452569

Mapcode National: GBR L7H.G49

Mapcode Global: VHHK9.359P

Plus Code: 9F4254RF+MG

Entry Name: Milestone Beside the Road Opposite Brookland Avenue

Listing Date: 10 May 1962

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1331915

English Heritage Legacy ID: 47825

Also known as: Trinity Hall milestone I

ID on this website: 101331915

Location: Newtown, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB2

County: Cambridgeshire

District: Cambridge

Electoral Ward/Division: Trumpington

Parish: Non Civil Parish

Built-Up Area: Cambridge

Traditional County: Cambridgeshire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Cambridgeshire

Church of England Parish: Trumpington St Mary and St Michael

Church of England Diocese: Ely

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Description


TRUMPINGTON ROAD
1.
942
(West Side)
Milestone beside
the road opposite
Brookland Avenue
TL 45 NE 21/311 10.5.62.
II
2.
The first of a series of 16 stones set up on the old road to London by
William Warren in 1728 under the will of Dr William Mowse Master of Trinity
Hall 1552-3. It is a rectangular stone with inset rounded head and has
the arms of Trinity Hall impaling Mowse and a pointing hand. The inscription
reads "1 Mile to Great Saint Maries Church Cambridge" "A D" (the date illegible
but was 1728). See also the datum mark on Great St Mary's Church. (RCHM
83).


Listing NGR: TL4526756951

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