Milestone 250 Metres to South West of Polroad Cottages

MILESTONE 250 METRES TO SOUTH WEST OF POLROAD COTTAGES

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Overview

Heritage Category:
Listed building
List Entry Number:
1129866
Date first listed:
26-Jun-1987
Statutory Address:
MILESTONE 250 METRES TO SOUTH WEST OF POLROAD COTTAGES
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Date:
2001-03-10
Reference:
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Official list entry

Heritage Category:
Listed building
List Entry Number:
1129866
Date first listed:
26-Jun-1987
Statutory Address 1:
MILESTONE 250 METRES TO SOUTH WEST OF POLROAD COTTAGES

Location

Statutory Address:
MILESTONE 250 METRES TO SOUTH WEST OF POLROAD COTTAGES

The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.

District:
Cornwall (Unitary Authority)
Parish:
St. Kew
National Grid Reference:
SX0556778036

Details

SX 07 NE ST KEW
6/166 Milestone 250m to south west of
- Polroad Cottages
II
Milestone. Possibly 1837. Granite post, rectangular-on-plan with round top.
Incised inscription with black painted lettering ' 5 and bench mark.
CAM'
On Turnpike road between Camelford and Wadebridge. (see Acts 33 Geo. II cap xiii
(1760), 22 Geo. III cap. civ (1782), 1-2 Vic. cap. vi, 38-9 Vic. cap. cxciv).
Plan and section of new line of road from St Kew Highway to Knights Mill date 1837 in
Cornwall Record Office. (Official PD/T/3/1 (T)).
Cornwall Record Office Turnpikes, Canals and Ferries Handlist No. 5 1983.


Listing NGR: SX0556778036

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351506
Legacy System:
LBS

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Turnpikes Canals and Ferries, (1983)

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