Key Words :- milestone

Address :- A134, Bradfield Combust, Suffolk
Grid Ref :- TL 89240 57469
Co-ordinates :- Lat 52.182999 , Long 0.766637
Local Authority :- West Suffolk Council
Pre 1974 County :- Suffolk
Site Status :- Site extant - No Protection

Description and History of Site:-
LONDON 88 MILES

In 2014 a milestone (some are over 200 years old) on the A134 village northern boundary was damaged by a vehicle and accidentally disposed of. A replacement stone was commissioned and erected in 2015 on the village green to afford it protection. The milestone gives the mileage to London as 88 miles and the height above mean sea level as 90m (295ft). It is also believed the original milestone was once moved to comply with 'a wartime edict in 1940 that waymarkers and signposts should be hidden or defaced to confuse the enemy in the event of a land invasion' with them being reinstated in 1943.

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