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Milestone in Brighton Road is a stone milestone of eighteenth-century date situated in Surrey. The monument marks a point on a significant communication route and exemplifies the practical infrastructure of the Georgian period, when such markers became increasingly common along major roads to aid travellers and assist in the management of turnpike roads. The milestone survives as evidence of the development of transport networks in southern England during the 1700s.
Milestone in Brighton Road is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1002000. View the official record →
Milestone in Brighton Road is a stone milestone of eighteenth-century date situated in Surrey. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1002000.
Milestone in Brighton Road 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 1002000.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Two Saxon burial mounds on Gally Hills (2.4 km), Two Saxon burial mounds on Gally Hills, west of Brighton Road (2.4 km), Bowl barrow and later beacon at Tumble Beacon (4.3 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Milestone in Brighton Road'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 in Brighton Road stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.