Cambridge plaque

milepost

England

region:	Cambridgeshire
Grid Ref:	TL447585
Road:	centre
Near:	Cambridge
surveyed:	28 May 2001

Great St Marie's Church in the centre of Cambridge (opposite King's College on the SW buttress) contains a plaque. This is the spot that all Dr Warren's measurements for the milestones were taken from. The plaque reads: 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 time milestones in Britain since Roman Times.

detail of Cambridge plaque milepost at TL447585

this is one of a series of milestones largely on the B1368 Barkway

This site is on the map OS landranger 154, Cambridge & Newmarket

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