Summary
Milepost, probably mid-C19, erected by the Cow-Causey & Buckton Burn Turnpike Trust.
Reasons for Designation
The milepost on the former Great North Road, Wideopen of mid-C19 date, is listed at Grade II for the following principal reasons:
History
This is one of a series of mileposts erected in the mid-C19 on the Great North Road by the Cow-Causey & Buckton Burn Turnpike Trust. The Great North Road was the principal route between London and Edinburgh and the Cow-Causey & Buckton Burn Turnpike Trust, established in 1747, was the earliest Turnpike Trust to be established in Northumberland. The milepost is not depicted on the first edition Ordnance Survey map published in 1858, but is present on the second edition map published in 1897. On the latter its position is shown slightly to the south of its present location, to which historic mapping shows it was moved between 1961 and 1969. Since it was moved, the milestone has lost the detachable metal plate bearing the figures 8 3/4, denoting the miles from Morpeth. Thirteen similar examples of mileposts along the former Great North Road between Newcastle and Berwick-upon-Tweed have been listed at Grade II.
Details
Milepost, probably mid-C19, erected by the Cow-Causey & Buckton Burn Turnpike Trust.
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