Information for record number MWA7279:
Wooden Milepost

Summary A wooden milepost of Imperial date is situated on Alcester Road, 100m west of Red Hill.
What Is It?  
Type: Milepost
Period: Imperial - Industrial (1751 AD - 1913 AD)
Where Is It?  
Parish: Billesley
District: Stratford on Avon, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 14 56
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
Sites & Monuments Record
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1 On the north side of the road east of Red Hill a wooden post with a rounded top, c.0.6m high x 0.35 wide, set in the verge at the location of the mile marker shown on the 1886 1st ed OS 1:10560 (Alcester 4, Stratford-upon-Avon 4). The side facing the road is flat with a depression and a fixing hole presumably to take a lettered metal plate. On the 1886 OS the marker is described as M.S. which may mean the post is a replacement for an earlier milestone.
 
Sources
Source No: 1
Source Type: Bibliographic reference
Title: A46 Environmental Assessment
Author/originator: Palmer N J
Date: 1994
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Glossary

 
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period Imperial 1751 AD to 1914 AD (end of the 18th century AD to the beginning of the 20th century AD)

This period comes after the Post Medieval period and before the modern period and starts with beginning of the Industrial Revolution in 1750. It includes the second part of the Hannoverian period (1714 – 1836) and the Victorian period (1837 – 1901). The Imperial period ends with the start of the First World War in 1914.
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monument ROAD * A way between different places, used by horses, travellers on foot and vehicles. back
monument INDUSTRIAL * This is the top term for the class. See INDUSTRIAL Class List for narrow terms. back
monument RED HILL * Iron Age or Roman coastal site producing salt by boiling of seawater in fired clay pans, resulting in characteristic mounds of 'BRIQUETAGE' (see Archaeological Objects Thesaurus). back
monument MILESTONE * A stone set up on a road or path to mark the miles from or to a place. back
monument MILEPOST * A post or pillar set up alongside a road to mark the miles from or to a place. back

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