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Milestone, London Road, Fowlmere

History of Milestone, London Road

This is the site of the ‘Ten miles to Cambridge’ milestone.

A stone milestone featuring a crest, the Roman numeral X, text reading Miles to Cambridge, and a painted finger pointer.

Milestone, Fowlmere, 1917 (photo W M Palmer) (Cambridgeshire Collection). This photo shows the airfield and a machine gun firing range.

A white stone milestone in a field, inscribed with a black crescent emblem, the letter X, and Miles to Cambridge lettering.

10 Miles to Cambridge Milestone, Fowlmere (English Heritage)

One of sixteen milestones on the old Cambridge to London road set up by William Warren in 1727-32 under the bequest of Dr William Mowse, Master of Trinity Hall 1552-53 for the upkeep of roads in and about Cambridge. (English Heritage)

See also The Flint.

 

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