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| NHER Number: | 56516 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | 19th century milestone marking Holt 12 miles and Dereham 6 miles |
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Summary
One of 10 surviving milestones along the Holt to Dereham Road
Monument Type(s)
- MILESTONE (19th Century to 21st Century - 1850 AD to 2100 AD)
Full description
One of 10 surviving milestones along the Holt to Dereham road, marking Holt 12 miles and Dereham 6 miles.
The milestones along this route are of three types, the Dereham 10 miles to 16 miles are octagonal stones, up to 43 inches high, with domed tops and unequal width panels alternately tapering up and down. The mileages are inscribed in plain capitals and the name of the parish is written sideways on one panel. The second type are square stones with domed tops, set diagonally to the road with the lettering in plain capitals. There is only a single example of the third type, and it is recorded as NHER 46533.
(S1) contains information regarding this and other milestones on this route.
D. Holburn (HES), 16 January 2012.
2012. Maintenance work by the Milestone Society.
One of 60 milestones restored to celebrate the Queen's Diamond Jubilee.
Milestone Society members cleared the surrounding scrub and raised the recently flail cutter damaged milestone. This was cleaned and painted and a French drain was dug at its base.
Information from survey form (S2) and photographs (S3).
H. Mellor (HES), 24 May 2018.
Sources and further reading
| <S1> | Article in Serial: Haines, C. 1989. Norfolk Milestones, Part III. Journal of Norfolk Industrial Archaeology Society. Vol. 4, No. 4, pp 137-142. p 141. |
| <S2> | Survey Form: Ford, N. 2011-2015. Milestone Society Report Form. The Milestone Society. NO_HD12. |
| <S3> | Photograph: Chapman, R. and Ford, N. 2011-2015. Photographs of the milestone marked Holt 12 miles and Dereham 6 miles, B1110, North Elmham. The Milestone Society. Digital. jpeg. |