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Milestone, High Street, opposite school, at junction with Slip Mill Road

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Description:Milestone, High Street, opposite school, at junction with Slip Mill Road, A268, N side, on grass verge. Metal plate attached to stone post, Rye iron plate design, erected by Rye turnpike trust, 19th century. Inscription reads: // LONDON / 47 / RYE / 15½ //SMITH PATTERSON / & CO / BLAYDON-ON-TYNE//. Grade II listed by Historic England. Milestone Society National ID: KE_LR47. Last record: 2002. (See www.milestonesociety.co.uk)
Named Location:High Street, opposite school, at junction with Slip Mill Road
Parish:Hawkhurst
District:Tunbridge Wells
County:Kent
Grid reference:TQ7533330723
Map reference: [ EPSG:27700 ] 575333, 130723
Period/Subjects:19TH CENTURY - MILESTONE
Identifiers:[ ADS ] Depositor ID - KE_LR47
[ ADS ] Associated ID - NHLE List Entry Number: 1084613

People Involved:

  • [ Publisher ] Historic Milestone Society
  • [ Creator ] JR Dowding

Bibliographic References:

  • AJ Haselfoot, Batsford Guide to Industrial Archealogy of SE England (1978); B Austen (1972), East Sussex Milestones - a survey, Sussex Ind Hist, 5, pp2-13.