| Description: | Milestone, Reading Road; top of Purley Rise, just E of Sherwood Rise, W of Purley Post Office, A329, W side, on grass bank, beside fence of Bowling Green Farmhouse . Carved stone post, Reading half-round stone design, erected by Shillingford, Wallingford & Reading turnpike trust, 19th century. Inscription reads: // WALLINGFORD / 11 //READING / 4 //OXFORD / 24 //. Grade II listed by Historic England. Milestone Society National ID: BE_RGOX04. Last record: 2001. (See www.milestonesociety.co.uk) |
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