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Sign: Cambridge - the place from where the first mile stone was measured in Britain

Address:
9 King’s Parade, Cambridge CB2 1SJ, UK
Category:
Monuments and History
City:
Cambridge For all manhole covers in Cambridge
Country:
United Kingdom For all manhole covers in United Kingdom
Shape:
Circle
Material:
Metal
Placement:
Wall or fence
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On the sign:
THIS DISK
marks the datum point
from which in 1725 William Warren,
Fellow of Trinity Hall, began to measure the one mile points along the roads from Cambridge, at which were then set up the first true milestones in Britain since Roman times.
Photography:
2022
Eli Zvuluny
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Comments:
The plaque indicates the measurement taken to place the first mile stone in Great Britain in 1725.

The place where the sign is located was photographed on the same day Click for a larger image


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