| Description: | Milestone, Main Road; 50m E of Welford House (was 100m E of Townsend Garage now redeveloped), B4069 (was A420), N side, on the verge in front of tall hedge, opposite Footpath sign. Carved stone post, Swindon waist design, erected by Swindon & Christian Malford turnpike trust, 19th century. Inscription reads: // TO / WOOTTON BASSET / 8 Miles / TO SWINDON / 14 MILES / //TO / CHIPPENHAM / 6 / MILES / //TO / BATH / 19 / Miles //TO / OXFORD / 44 / Miles //. Grade II listed by Historic England. Milestone Society National ID: WI_CPSN06. Last record: 2004. (See www.milestonesociety.co.uk) |
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