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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 73 SE 108 |
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| Type of record: | Listed Building |
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| Name: | MILESTONE AT 753 307 |
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Summary
Grade II listed building. Main construction periods 1767 to 1799. A milestone is located on the High Street on the west side of Hawkhurst. It is marked on the current Ordnance Survey map as well as on the Ordnance Survey historic maps. Date of erection unknown.
| Grid Reference: | TQ 75331 30724 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ73SE |
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| Parish: | HAWKHURST, TUNBRIDGE WELLS, KENT |
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Monument Types
- MILESTONE (Post Medieval to Modern - 1767 AD to 2050 AD)
Full description
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Description from record TQ 73 SE 7:
(TQ 753307) MS (NAT) (1) (TQ 753308 sic, sited to authority 1). Milestone, Hawkhurst. (2)
The following text is from the original listed building designation:
HAWKHURST HIGH STREET TQ 7430-7530 (north side)
16/341 Milestone at 753 307 GV II Milestone. Late C18. Painted stone with painted iron plate. About 2 feet high with rounded head, the plate inscribed: LONDON 47 RYE 15½. The Kippings Cross and Flimwell Turnpike Trust was set up by Act of 1762. A good series of milestones survives. Listing NGR: TQ7530030700 (3)
<1> OS 1:10000 1978 (OS Card Reference). SKE48163.
<2> Susx Ind Heritage 5 1972/73 9 (B Austin and J Upton) (OS Card Reference). SKE49778.
<3> English Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest (Map). SKE16160.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | OS Card Reference: OS 1:10000 1978. |
| <2> | OS Card Reference: Susx Ind Heritage 5 1972/73 9 (B Austin and J Upton). |
| <3>XY | Map: English Heritage. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. [Mapped feature: #38630 milestone, ] |
