Links to Related Websites
Milestones
Publication - Marking the Miles, A History of English Milestones
Boundary stones, Mile stones and Waymarker stones
Chepstow Milestones
Local historian Roy Parkhouse locates and illustrates milestones around his Monmouthshire hometown.
Public Sculptures of Sussex
A detailed description of a Bow Bells milepost
Yorkshire Milestones
Illustrations of 1300+ milestones and guide stoops in GoogleMapping, by Parish, within the pre-1974 Yorkshire boundaries. Also activities of the Yorkshire Group of the Milestone Society.
Milestones & Boundary Markers in Glamorgan
Mileposts of Morvern
Courtesy of Dr Paula Martin,
Editor, International Journal of Nautical Archaeology,
Arnydie, Peat Inn,
Cupar, Fife KY15 5LF
Waymarking
Amongst the many 'waymarks' shown on this website, the 'milestones' category has over 600 entries, including interesting examples from abroad.
Oxford Streets: Site covers many aspects of the local history of Oxford and surrounding areas, including 'milestones', 'wayside stones', including boundary, mileway, hundred and mounting stones. Contains good, fairly recent photographs. Site regularly updated.
Peter Nelson's Website - home of GYMD date coding, Milestones and Boundary Markers".
Contents: Milestone maps of Berkshire, Essex, Oxfordshire (under development) including tollgate sites as well as vanished and surviving milestones; Boundary Stone maps for Berkshire and Buckinghamshire, including images and locations. Constantly updated.
Douglas Cameron (1912-2007) was an amateur photographer and observer of life. His son has undertaken to digitize his collection of 35,000 35mm slides and make them publicly available. With a careful use of the search facility, there are over 80 photographs of milestones. Of particular interest are two sets: Milestones and Signposts
The Bench Mark Database holds information and recent photographs of Ordnance Survey bench marks in Britain. Milestones and other wayside markers were often used as secure and stable locations for survey marks and there is cross referencing between items held in the Bench Mark database and the Milestone Society database.
Cumbria milestones and turnpike history
The Society’s Cumbria representative Colin Smith promotes the special interest of the county’s roadside heritage on this community-based micro-publishing website. His detailed county-wide survey was published in 2011.
Flickr pages:
Highway Hazel's milestones and tollhouses, mostly West Yorkshire
Tollhouse Alan's west country milestones
Tollhouse Alan's Milestones and Waymarkers
Mapping
David Archer sells Ordnance Survey maps, published from 1801 to the present. The one-inch and larger scales usually show milestones, and are essential for milestone research.
Getamap
Ordnance Survey's online mapping service. Search by placename, post code or grid reference; navigable from one end of the kingdom to the other. Zoomable down to 1:25,000. Click on any point to get a grid reference.
Magic
Department of Food and Rural Affairs' version of OS mapping for boundaries and land use. Search by postcode, place name, grid reference, etc; zoom from 1:80,000 to 1:5,000 or lower. Also contains tools for measuring distances and area.
Old-Maps
Historical OS maps, available to search online or purchase; from 1850 to 1980, depending on area. Search by place name or grid coordinates (the latter takes some getting used to). Good reproduction, zoomable.
A huge website, with almost 2.5 million photos, arranged by Ordnance Survey grid squares, showing geographical features, including many way markers.
Tollhouses & Turnpikes
Bridgemarker Tim's gallery including Devon milestones, Devon toll houses and Devon bridge markers.
Flickr tollhouse discussion group
Turnpike Roads in England
This new webpage not only gives information on the title subject but also contains links to information on tollhouses, milestones, road users and turnpike trusts.
Lancashire Turnpike Roads
Former Deputy County Surveyor JM Whiteley descibes turnpike history from a Lancashire perspective; illustrated and with maps.
Fingerposts, Boundary Stones, Turnpikes and other Wayside Features
Mapman43's Flickr archive
John Nicholls personal collection featuring fingerposts of Oxfordshire, Essex, Cheshire and Buckinghamshire.
Finger Posts UK
More pictures - from John Nicholls, Robin Barratt, Tim Jenkinson, Alan Rosevear and Tony Boyce
Boundary stones, Mile stones and Waymarker stones
Old Fingerposts in Westmorland, on Googlemapping
Old Fingerposts in Lancashire over Sands
Glossary of terms relating to wayside features
Draft versions of terminology describing milestones and fingerposts
Village Pumps
Enthusiast Dick Williams is building an illustrated database of village and wayside pumps, arranged by county. He welcomes new contributions.
The Tale of the Marathon in the 1908 Olympics - and a milemarker
Coal and Wine Tax Posts
Roger Haworth lists and photographs these imposing Victorian posts around the outskirts of Greater London.
Societies and other Organisations with an active interest in milestones and other wayside features
English Heritage
go to ‘National Heritage List’
English Heritage has launched its on-line National Heritage List for England, giving descriptions of all listed buildings, scheduled monuments, gardens, battlefields etc.
Heritage Counts
The current annual audit of heritage sector activity is focussing on the contributions of volunteers in local societies, building a picture of their needs.
Heritage Gateway
You can search local records alongside national ones, historic environment, listed buildings, archaeological excavations and contemporary photographs – explore an area’s history through records and images with links to other local heritage information.
Sabre: The Society for All British and Irish Road Enthusiasts
Also at www.bacsa.org.uk
Started in 1999 as an online forum, SABRE now has over 2000 enthusiasts who meet up frequently. The Society’s mission statement embraces ‘all existing, obsolete, shelved, renumbered, declassified, defunct, projected, planned and fantastic roads’.
They are developing their on-line gallery and mapping into the past – worth a look to see how sister organisations are enthusing the public!
Road pricing
A report on how should we pay for our highways, by Dr John Walker
The Village Sign Society
‘Village signs are important in fostering a community spirit in an age of increasing uniformity’. Founded in 2001, the Society is compiling inventory of vintage signs, a ‘potent reminder of our local history and culture’. Modern signs too contribute to commemorating local crafts and legends – and marking the way!!
The Letter Box Study Group, the recognised authority on the British Letterbox.
The Saddleworth Historical Society offers a programme of lectures and seminars.
www.mbbcs.org.uk - committed to the reconstruction of the Manchester, Bolton and Bury Canal
Drinking Fountains - originally the Metropolitan Drinking Fountain and Cattle Trough Association
Images of England
An English Heritage Millennium project, giving details of all English listed buildings, with pictures of the great majority. Log in to make advanced searches by county, parish, address, building type, etc.
Sustrans
A description of the Millennium waymarkers commissioned for Sustrans' national cycle network.
