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© Mr K W Newland
IoE Number:
158224
Location:
SPARROWS HERNE TRUST TURNPIKE MARKER AT TQ 1185 9553, LOWER HIGH STREET (east side)
WATFORD, WATFORD, HERTFORDSHIRE
Photographer:
Mr K W Newland
Date Photographed:
27 November 2004
Date listed:
08 March 1991
Date of last amendment:
08 March 1991
Grade
II
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TQ 19 NW WATFORD LOWER HIGH STREET
(east side)
4/75
Sparrows Herne Trust
II Turnpike Marker at
TQ 1185 9553
GV
Turnpike road marker. Probably early Cl9; for the Sparrows Herne Trust. Cast-iron
post approx 0.6 m high with square base and round-faced upper part bearing relief
legend, 'SPARROWS HERNE TRUST'. The Trust operated from 1762 to 1873 between London
and Buckinghamshire via Watford and Tring. There is one other surviving marker at
Tring (qv. Tring, Herts; 11/85).