Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Milestone by approach to former cemetery chapel
Tenby, Pembrokeshire, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Tenby, Pembrokeshire, designated on 28 March 2002.
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
- 51.67729, -4.70441
- Cadw reference
- 26390
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 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)
- 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)
Cadw's description
Location
On the N side of Narberth Road some 20m E of the road to the cemetery.
History
Cast-iron mile-plaque in squared stone surround, a marker on turnpike road from Tenby to Narberth. Early C19, one of a series made by the Marychurch foundry of Haverfordwest.
Exterior
Mile marker, cast-iron triangular headed plaque with raised border and embossed letters reading '10 miles 970 yards to Narberth Marychurch founder' (16.98km). Set in frame of squared stone with triangular head of two stones.
Reason for designation
Included as a relic of transport history in the region.
Nearby in the register
- Tenby Market CrossMarket Crossunder 1 mi
- Former Tenby Market Cross and well-chamberGardens, Parks and Urban Spacesunder 1 mi
- Gates and piers to former cemetery chapel approachGardens, Parks and Urban Spacesunder 1 mi
- Stable block at the Old RectoryDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.