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Turnpike boundary

Key Words :- road sign

Address :- Kettle's Yard, Castle Street, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
Grid Ref :- TL 44569 59085
Co-ordinates :- Lat 52.211025 , Long 0.11447
Local Authority :- Cambridge City Council
Pre 1974 County :- Cambridgeshire
Site Status :- Site extant - No Protection

Description and History of Site:-
Upper stone:

GODMANCHESTER.
TURNPIKE.ROAD.ENDS.
HERE

Lower stone:

To
the Horse-shoe Corner
GODMANCHESTER
14 Miles 4 Furlongs
Originally set at coachman's eye level, however, both stones were moved to ground floor level when the building was renovated in 2016.

Original location: TL 4442 5929


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

https://capturingcambridge.org/castle/kettles-yard/


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Contributor :- Robert Mason - 18 October 2022
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