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Milestone outside Ravenstone Village Institute

A Grade II Listed Building in Ravenstone, Leicestershire

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Coordinates

Latitude: 52.7188 / 52°43'7"N

Longitude: -1.3986 / 1°23'54"W

OS Eastings: 440722

OS Northings: 313630

OS Grid: SK407136

Mapcode National: GBR 7JT.F8J

Mapcode Global: WHDHT.HX7L

Plus Code: 9C4WPJ92+GH

Entry Name: Milestone outside Ravenstone Village Institute

Listing Date: 12 August 2019

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1464531

ID on this website: 101464531

Location: Ravenstone, North West Leicestershire, LE67

County: Leicestershire

District: North West Leicestershire

Civil Parish: Ravenstone with Snibstone

Built-Up Area: Ravenstone

Traditional County: Leicestershire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Leicestershire

Tagged with: Milestone

Summary


Milestone on the former Ashby to Leicester turnpike road, probably of C18 date with an iron plate added in the C19.

Description


Milestone on the former Ashby to Leicester turnpike road, probably of C18 date with an iron plate added in the C19.

MATERIALS: stone with a cast-iron plate.

DESCRIPTION: the milestone stands on the south side of Leicester Road. It comprises a stone slab with rounded top and cast-iron plate. The plate is painted black with raised lettering picked out in white paint that reads: TO/ ASHBY/ DELAZOUCH/ 4/ TO/ LEICESTER/ 13. A triangulation benchmark is inscribed into the face of the milestone below the plate.

History


Turnpike roads, which levied tolls from travellers to finance road improvements, were established in the 1660s, but the main period of growth took place in the next century. Turnpike trusts were authorised by Acts of Parliament to build, maintain and operate the toll roads and the first to be set up in Leicestershire were the Loughborough to Leicester and the Harborough to Leicester Trusts in 1726. The turnpike road running from Leicester to Ashby was established in 1753 and was in operation until 1874.

Milestones are marked on the route of the turnpike on John Prior’s 1777 Map of Leicestershire, including at this location, which is marked ‘13’ to denote its distance in miles from the City of Leicester. This milestone probably dates from the C18, although the cast-iron plate is likely to be a C19 addition, and a milestone is shown at this location on the First Edition Ordnance Survey Map of 1883.

Reasons for Listing


The milestone outside Ravenstone Village Institute, Leicestershire, is listed at Grade II for the following principal reasons:

Architectural interest:

* for its use of good quality stone and cast-iron to display the lettering.

Historic interest:

* for its association with the development of a major transport route in the C18 from Leicester to Ashby.

Group value:

* with the other original milestones along this route.

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