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HER Number:97.07
Name:RODDS BRIDGE - Post Medieval milepost

Summary

A milepost, circa 1820, survives on the towpath of the Bude Canal approx 330 m NNW of Rodds Bridge Farm - Bude 1.

Grid Reference:SS 2097 0503
Parish:Bude Stratton, North Cornwall, Cornwall
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Protected Status

  • Listed Building (II) 64796: MILEPOST ABOUT 100 METRES NORTH OF RODDS BRIDGE

Other References/Statuses

  • Primary Record No. (1985-2009): 97.07

Monument Type(s):

  • MILEPOST (19th Century - 1801 AD to 1900 AD)

Full description

A milepost, circa 1820, survives on the towpath of the Bude Canal approx 330 m NNW of Rodds Bridge Farm. It is a small round-headed cast-iron milepost with an inscription of "1 BUDE". Iron mileposts and smaller quarter mileposts originally marked the length of the Bude Canal (b1).

See Listed Building description below.

SS 20 SW BUDE-STRATTON RODDS BRIDGE 7/229 Milepost about 100 metres north - of Rodds Bridge - II
Milepost. Circa 1820. Cast iron. Small round-headed cast iron milepost on towpath of the Bude Canal. Inscription of "1 BUDE". Iron mileposts and smaller quarter mileposts originally marked the length of the Bude Canal. Helen Harris and Monica Ellis, The Bude Canal (1972).
Listing NGR: SS2097205032


<1> Harris, H & Ellis, M, 1972, The Bude Canal (Bibliographic reference). SCO3447.

Sources / Further Reading

[1]SCO3447 - Bibliographic reference: Harris, H & Ellis, M. 1972. The Bude Canal.

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded

Related records

97Part of: BUDE CANAL - Post Medieval canal (Monument)