Record Details
| MonUID: | MST5936 |
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| HER Number: | 20672 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Milestone, Blore Crossroads, Blore with Swinscoe |
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Summary
An early 19th century mile stone near Blore Crossroads. The mile plate once attached to the stone is now missing.
| Grid Reference: | SK 1355 4946 |
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| Map Sheet: | SK14NW |
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| Parish: | Blore with Swinscoe, Staffordshire Moorlands District |
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| Map: | Show location on Streetmap |
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Monument Type(s):
- MILESTONE (Erected, Georgian - 1822 AD to 1822 AD)
Full description
Milepost: One of the Cheadle series of mileposts. The writing plate has been removed. <1>
The remains of a milestone situated to the south-west of Blore cross roads. The plate is now missing. (SB, 30-Oct-2007) <2>
The milepost is dated to 1822. (SB, 26-Sept-2011) <3>
A milestone located on the Blythe Marsh to Thorpe turnpike route in Blore with Swinscoe Parish. The stone measures 37" high by 24" wide x 7" deep. The maker of the stone is unknown, but it dates to 1822. The plate is missing, but would have read 'CHEADLE / 10'. (SB, 17-Nov-2015) <4>
Sources and further reading
| <1> | SST406 - Written: ?. ?. Peak Park Treasures. D115. |
| <2> | SST4110 - Written: John Higgins (The Milestone Society). 2000. Staffordshire Milestones (and Canal Milestones, Boundary Markers and Guide Posts). Milestone No. ST/BLO/03. |
| <3> | SST354 - Verbal communication: John Higgins (The Milestone Society). 2011. Comments and observations on various sites in the Churnet Valley. |
| <4> | SST433 - Other Report: John Higgins (The Milestone Society). 2008. Sylloge of Mile Markers in Staffordshire. Page 224. |
Related records
| 58471 | Part of: Cheadle Consolidated Turnpike Road (Monument) |
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