Bridgend
the town by the river
Mile Markers
Grade II listed building status, located on A473 High Street, Laleston,
Bridgend.
A solid example of an elaborately detailed cast iron
mile marker, 178 miles from London. It is a substantial cast iron mile
marker, standing on Bryntirion Hill, A473 road, it is on the left of the
road after the traffic lights going into Bridgend. The Newcastle Parish is a
suburb of Bridgend, Wales, UK, Several of the remaining mile markers between
Port Talbot & Bridgend carry the date of 1841.
There is a series of cast iron mile markers that were erected Circa: 1830,s
for the Bridgend Turnpike Trust. The road was first turn piked in 1764.
Listed Reference:
Fraser D E, The Development of the road System in Glamorgan up to 1884,
unpublished thesis 1940.
1936 Mile Marker in Caroline Street Bridgend
Grade II listed.
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