Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Milestone
Chirk, Wrexham, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Chirk, Wrexham, designated on 29 July 1998.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Transport
- Date of designation
- 29 July 1998
- Locality
- Chirk
- Town
- Wrexham
- Community
- Chirk
- Unitary authority
- Wrexham
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 52.93106, -3.05643
- Cadw reference
- 20212
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)
- 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)
- 1898 · 121 Wrexham (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 9 and 10. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
The milestone is set against a wall at the rounded corner between the Holyhead Road and Castle Road, opposite the church.
History
The plate states it was placed in position by Wrexham District Council in 1894. The stone may be earlier and one of the various earlier series of turnpike milestones on the Holyhead Road.
Exterior
A silicaceous stone with a rounded top and bearing a cast iron plate inscribed with raised lettering reading WREXHAM DISTRICT 1894 DCC, and below:
M F
WREXHAM 10 2
CHIRK
GLYN 6 8
LLANARMON D C 11 1
Reason for designation
Included as a milestone of interest as it bears a plate of late C19 date giving the mileage in miles and furlongs.
Nearby in the register
- Chirk SurgeryHealth and Welfareunder 1 mi
- 1 Castle RoadDomesticunder 1 mi
- The Mount, with front garden railings and gateDomesticunder 1 mi
- Bryn EglwysDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.