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Milestone at Bell End is a roadside milestone located in Huntingdonshire, England. The monument dates from the turnpike era, reflecting the expansion of improved road infrastructure in England during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Milestones of this type served the practical function of marking distances along turnpike roads for travellers and drovers. The Bell End milestone represents the material heritage of Britain's turnpike system, which transformed long-distance travel and transport during the early modern period.
Milestone at Bell End is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1006823. View the official record →
Milestone at Bell End is a roadside milestone located in Huntingdonshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1006823.
Milestone at Bell End is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1006823.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including The Nuns' Bridge, Hinchingbrook (1 km), Sites discovered by aerial photography N of the village (1.2 km), Earthwork on Mill Common (2 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Milestone at Bell End's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Milestone at Bell End stands on Kellaways Formation And Oxford Clay Formation (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Oxfordian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.