Key Words :- milestone

Address :- Trumpington Road, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
Grid Ref :- TL 45267 56951
Co-ordinates :- Lat 52.191669 , Long 0.123764
Local Authority :- Cambridge City Council
Pre 1974 County :- Cambridgeshire
Site Status :- Listed - Grade II
Historic England List No :- 1331915,
Site Dates :- 1728 -

Description and History of Site:-
One of a series of 16 milestones on the Cambridge to London road, measured from the datum point at Great St Mary's Church.

The milestones bear the arms of Trinity Hall college and were erected in 1729 in memory of Dr William Mowse, Master of Trinity Hall 1552-53, and Dr Hare.

The measurements were the work of another college fellow, William Warren, and may be the first true milestones since Roman times.

This is the first of the series - a rectangular stone with inset rounded head and has the arms of Trinity Hall impaling Mowse and a pointing hand. The inscription reads '1 Mile to Great Saint Maries Church Cambridge' 'A D' (the date illegible but was 1728).

Further Reading and References:-
Alderton, David and Booker, John. 'The Batsford Guide to the Industrial Archaeology of East Anglia'. Batsford, 1980

Milestone Society database ref: CA_CAPU01

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