Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Mile Post opposite drive to Queensbridge
Overton, Wrexham, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Queens Bridge, Overton, Wrexham, designated on 15 March 1994.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Transport
- Date of designation
- 15 March 1994
- Locality
- Queens Bridge
- Community
- Overton
- Unitary authority
- Wrexham
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 52.95537, -2.93736
- Cadw reference
- 14488
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1608 map "(13) Cambriae Typus." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1608 · (13) Cambriae Typus. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1637 · Particular description of Wales. Cambria seu Wallia (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1830 · V.3:11-15:XV.Britisches Reich. A. Kon: England. a. England ab sich: Shire:15-17, 33 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1883 · Watershed map England, Wales 3. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 9 and 10. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
Opposite the drive to Queensbridge, on the edge of a ditch alongside the main road.
History
Mile post, probably late C18 or early C19.
Exterior
A shallow arched stone, probably c2 fee high, but partially concealed, with a cast iron plate, also round-arched with raised lettering; ‘To Ellesmere 4m Wrexham 8m’.
Reason for designation
A good example of mile post design, of a type which is becoming rare.
Nearby in the register
- The HomesteadDomesticunder 1 mi
- Ash GroveDomesticunder 1 mi
- Knolton Mission ChurchReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Top FarmhouseDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.