| Description: | Milestone, Buxton Road; 20m S of junction with footpath to Holme, A6, W side, in low stone wall beside road. Carved stone post, Matlock triangle design, erected by Wirksworth Moor to Longstone turnpike trust, 19th century. Inscription reads: // TO / BUXTON / 12 / MANCHESTER / 31 //LONDON / 152 / Miles //TO / BAKEWELL / ½ M / MATLOCK / ( 4 ) M / DERBY / (22 M) //LONDON / 152 / MILES //BURT / DEVIZES ///. Grade II listed by Historic England. Milestone Society National ID: DE_LM152. Last record: 1974. (See www.milestonesociety.co.uk) |
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