Record Details
| MonUID: | MST17125 |
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| HER Number: | 53359 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Milepost, Cheddleton Road, Leek |
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Summary
A late 19th century cast iron milepost on the Cheddleton Road in Leek. The milepost gives distances to Cheddleton, Wetley Rocks, Hilderstone, Sandon, Stafford and Leek.
Monument Type(s):
- MILEPOST (Erected, Victorian - 1893 AD to 1893 AD)
Protected Status:
Full description
A milepost dated to 1893. (SB, 26-Sept-2011) <1>
A triangular cast iron milepost on the Sandon to Hug Bridge Turnpike at Cheddleton Road, Leek. The milepost reads 'LOWE; CHEDDLETON 2½ / WETLEY ROCKS 5 / HILDERSTONE 15 / SANDON 18½ / STAFFORD 23; LEEK ½'. (SB, 18-Jul-2012) <2> <3>
Sources and further reading
| <1> | SST354 - Verbal communication: John Higgins (The Milestone Society). 2011. Comments and observations on various sites in the Churnet Valley. |
| <2> | SST4110 - Written: John Higgins (The Milestone Society). 2000. Staffordshire Milestones (and Canal Milestones, Boundary Markers and Guide Posts). Milestone No: ST/LEE/03. |
| <3> | SST433 - Other Report: John Higgins (The Milestone Society). 2008. Sylloge of Mile Markers in Staffordshire. Page 320 - ST/LEE/03. |
Related records
| 58513 | Part of: Sandon, Hugbridge, Hilderstone and Draycott-in-the-Moors Turnpike Road (Monument) |
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