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Milestone on N side of A4230

Coedffranc, Neath Port Talbot, Wales

A Grade II listed building in Skewen, Coedffranc, Neath Port Talbot, designated on 29 March 2000.

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1913) covering the location of Milestone on N side of A4230, Coedffranc, Neath Port Talbot, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1913), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Designation
Listed building, Grade II
Broad class
Transport
Date of designation
29 March 2000
Locality
Skewen
Community
Coedffranc
Unitary authority
Neath Port Talbot
Country
Wales
Coordinates
51.66063, -3.85157
Cadw reference
23071

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1636 map "Cornubia : Devonia, Somersetus, Dorcestria, Wiltonia, Glocestria ..." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1636 · Cornubia : Devonia, Somersetus, Dorcestria, Wiltonia, Glocestria ... (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1637 · The fourth table of England. Cornub. Devonia, Somerset etc. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1865 · England and Wales. England No. 6. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Sheet 10. Ordnance Survey of England and Wales. . (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1897 · 247 Swansea (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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Cadw's description

Location

Set back on the N side of New Road S of its junction with Railway Terrace/Brookville Drive and on the N side of a railway overbridge.

History

Probably erected in the mid C19 and first shown on the 1877 Ordnance Survey.

Exterior

A dressed milestone with segmental top and engraved letters reading: WESTERN/DISTRICT/NEATH/2/SWANSEA/6/MILES/HAMLET/OF COEDFRANK

Reason for designation

Listed for its historic interest as illustrative of transport history in the area.

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

Designated Historic Asset GIS Data, The Welsh Historic Environment Service (Cadw), 2026-09-07, licensed under the Open Government Licence http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/ Cadw, the Welsh Historic Environment Service · Open Government Licence v3.0
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