Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Telford Milestone (4)
Valley, Isle of Anglesey, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Valley, Isle of Anglesey, designated on 19 January 1998.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Transport
- Date of designation
- 19 January 1998
- Date of amendment
- 26 February 2020
- Welsh name
- Carreg Filltir Telford (4)
- Locality
- Valley
- Community
- Valley
- Unitary authority
- Isle of Anglesey
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 53.28478, -4.56568
- Cadw reference
- 19232
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 1799 map "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1799 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1883 · Watershed map England, Wales 3. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1899 · 93 Holyhead (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 9 and 10. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1919 · Sheet 41. Anglesey. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
On the NE side of the A5 through Valley, next to Llys Coedlys.
History
Following the Act of Union in 1801 a programme to improve the roads between the two capital cities of London and Dublin was initiated. In 1811 Thomas Telford was commissioned to undertake a survey of the roads between London and Holyhead and in 1817 began work on the northern stretch of the road at Shrewsbury. As well as overseeing the work, Thomas Telford also designed every detail of the road, and this milestone is one of a number designed for it. The completion of the stage between Holyhead and Menai Bridge saw all the milestones across Anglesey and into Bangor erected between 1825 and February 1826.
Exterior
Dressed Anglesey limestone slab, with shallow triangular head and raking chamfered sides. Cast iron inset plate, white lettering on black reading: HOLY- / HEAD / 4 / MONA / 9 / BANGOR / 21.
Reason for designation
Listed as a good example of one of Telford's milestones retaining its cast iron plate.
Nearby in the register
- Valley Railway Station Main BuildingTransportunder 1 mi
- Valley Station Signal BoxTransportunder 1 mi
- Cleifiog FawrDomesticunder 1 mi
- Pont Traeth Cleifiog (partly in Llanfair-yn-Neubwll Community)Transportunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.