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Milestone outside Springfield

Tenby, Pembrokeshire, Wales

A Grade II listed building in Tenby, Pembrokeshire, designated on 28 March 2002.

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1913) covering the location of Milestone outside Springfield, Tenby, Pembrokeshire, 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
28 March 2002
Town
Tenby
Community
Tenby
Unitary authority
Pembrokeshire
Country
Wales
Coordinates
51.67218, -4.71866
Cadw reference
26386

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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)
  • 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)
  • 1898 · 245 Pembroke (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1901 · Sheet 13. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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Cadw's description

Location

Situated on the N side of Marsh Road against the garden wall of Springfield some 30m E of Churchill Close.

History

Cast-iron early C19 mile marker on the Tenby to Pembroke turnpike road.

Exterior

Mile marker, cast-iron round-headed plaque with embossed square rosette over letters ' Tenby 1 Mile Pembroke 9 miles'. Raised rounded border.

Reason for designation

Included as a relic of transport history in the region.

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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