Milepost

MILEPOST, OLD YORK ROAD

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Heritage Category:
Listed building
List Entry Number:
1189514
Date first listed:
30-Sept-1985
Statutory Address:
MILEPOST, OLD YORK ROAD
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Milepost on old York Road, Flaxby, North Yorks.
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Date:
2001-06-30
Reference:
IOE01/07631/02
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Official list entry

Heritage Category:
Listed building
List Entry Number:
1189514
Date first listed:
30-Sept-1985
Statutory Address 1:
MILEPOST, OLD YORK ROAD

Location

Statutory Address:
MILEPOST, OLD YORK ROAD

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

District:
North Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish:
Flaxby
National Grid Reference:
SE 40562 58084

Details

SE 4055 5810 FLAXBY OLD YORK ROAD (south side)

3/23 Milepost

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Milepost. Early-mid C19. Cast iron and gritstone. Triangular section, rounded top, approximately 1 metre high. Inscriptions: top - 'KNARESBOROUGH AND GREEN HAMMERTON ROAD'. Left face - 'KNARESBOROUGH 4 MILES'. Right face - 'GREEN HAMMERTON 4 MILES'. Two bolts through the top section secure the cast-iron plate to a gritstone support. This stretch of the York- Boroughbridge Road was built and made the responsibility of a turnpike trust in 1752. It replaced a more meandering route via Ferrensby, Arkendale and Whixley. There was a turnpike bar at Flaxby. There were further road improvements throughout the Harrogate and Knaresborough area in the 1820's and 30's. See V. Jennings, (Ed.) History of Harrogate and Knaresborough, 1970, pp. 234, 288.

Listing NGR: SE4056258084

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330602
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Jennings, B, A History of Harrogate and Knaresborough, (1970), 234 & 288

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