Description: | Milestone, Headington Road; by No.186 at top of Headington Hill, A420, S side, against retaining wall on footpath, under bushes. Carved stone post, Oxford pillar design, erected by Stokenchurch & Woodstock turnpike trust, 18th century. Inscription reads: // LIII / Miles from / London / I / Mile to / Oxford //. Grade II listed by Historic England. Milestone Society National ID: OX_LW53. Last record: 2001. (See www.milestonesociety.co.uk) |
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