Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Mile marker on the Montygomery to Welshpool Road
Forden with Leighton and Trelystan, Powys, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Kingswood, Forden with Leighton and Trelystan, Powys, designated on 20 March 1998.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Transport
- Date of designation
- 20 March 1998
- Locality
- Kingswood
- Community
- Forden with Leighton and Trelystan
- Unitary authority
- Powys
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 52.61786, -3.12101
- Cadw reference
- 19564
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 1795 map "To Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn Bart ... the map of the six counties of North Wales is most humbly inscribed by his obedient humble servant" (Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru – The National Library of Wales).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1795 · To Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn Bart ... the map of the six counties of North Wales is most… (Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru – The National Library of Wales)
- 1883 · Watershed map England, Wales 3. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1899 · 151 Welshpool (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 9 and 10. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1916 · Sheet 60. Shrewsbury. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
The mile marker stands at the N end of the village of Kingswood on the N side of the road to Leighton, and 120m N of Birds Corner.
History
A cast iron mile marker erected by the Second Division Turnpike Trust in c.1830 on the old road from Welshpool to Montgomery.
Exterior
Cast iron mile marker, triangular in section with a sloping triangular top, reading, on the left WELSHPOOL/+/4-M and arrow right, and on the right MONTGOME (...) / 4-M and arrow left.
Reason for designation
Listed for its historical significance as a survival of the Montgomeryshire Turnpike Trust.
Nearby in the register
- Offa's Dyke: Section W of Court House FarmLinear Earthworkunder 1 mi
- Offa's Dyke: Section NE of Welshpool-Churchstoke RoadLinear Earthworkunder 1 mi
- The Ivy HouseDomesticunder 1 mi
- Greenwood LodgeDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.