To & From Road Signs
To & From Road Signs
Don't know if this is unusual or not (and even though I will have been past this 100 times) I just noticed it last night. From & To
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Found this milestone some time back, but it's only a "to".
Mick F. Cornwall
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proper bike too...
about 470 miles between those too markers, few placers further apart in England
about 470 miles between those too markers, few placers further apart in England
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No, that would say 13F, but maybe that was thought unlucky.
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Does anyone think the four lines below the furlong distances - one horizontal and three angled up towards it - implies the mean level of the land behind the wall?
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It's a benchmark used as a reference elevation for surveying.
They're now obsolete, but here's an archive:
https://parallel.co.uk/os-benchmark-arc ... 551/-2.062
Jonathan
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Oh, it was just yesterday I found myself "f....ing" and "bl......ing" at road signs in the Wooler area. 4.75 miles out of Wooler, in an an absurd situation where I found myself lost in a one street village - typically for the area, the main road had no sign posts pointing anywhere, whilst the back lane behind a few cottages was signposted, left, right & centre
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Interesting, thanks.Jdsk wrote: ↑30 Sep 2022, 9:47pmIt's a benchmark used as a reference elevation for surveying.
They're now obsolete, but here's an archive:
https://parallel.co.uk/os-benchmark-arc ... 551/-2.062
Jonathan
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East Lilburn ?gbnz wrote: ↑30 Sep 2022, 9:50pmOh, it was just yesterday I found myself "f....ing" and "bl......ing" at road signs in the Wooler area. 4.75 miles out of Wooler, in an an absurd situation where I found myself lost in a one street village - typically for the area, the main road had no sign posts pointing anywhere, whilst the back lane behind a few cottages was signposted, left, right & centre
I remember getting a bit bamboozled there many years ago when I took up the cycling - apparently the signs were taken away during the ww2 and they are still waiting for them to be replaced (at least that is what a resident told me)
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East Lilburn. No, it was last Saturday I was fuming at East Lilburn, shouting under my breath at this *%$£$^&*(%$£$% After 2-3 wasted miles, I turned around and realised that cycling along the main A Road for the next 12-13 miles, was far preferable than trying to cycle along a typical pot holed, poorly surfaced, manure spread, 8" deep flooded, Northumbrian back road, sans signs
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Are you sure. Arrow marks like that were also widely used on anything that was government property (including prisoners clothes).Jdsk wrote: ↑30 Sep 2022, 9:47pmIt's a benchmark used as a reference elevation for surveying.
They're now obsolete, but here's an archive:
https://parallel.co.uk/os-benchmark-arc ... 551/-2.062
Jonathan
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It looks like an OS benchmark to me:sizbut wrote: ↑1 Oct 2022, 8:31amAre you sure. Arrow marks like that were also widely used on anything that was government property (including prisoners clothes).Jdsk wrote: ↑30 Sep 2022, 9:47pmIt's a benchmark used as a reference elevation for surveying.
They're now obsolete, but here's an archive:
https://parallel.co.uk/os-benchmark-arc ... 551/-2.062
Jonathan
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benchmark ... nburgh.jpg
The Government "broad arrow" symbol (I suppose we'd call it a logo nowadays) didn't have the horizontal bar above it.
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No. And yes. The arrow there is 100% a government broad arrow. The additional line above is a survey mark for height, but the arrow below is still a broad arrow (the OS stopped using this combination of marks in 1993).
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Government arrow, we called a "pusser's arrow" in the RN.
Pusser being slang for Purser.
This is my 6" ruler from when I was an apprentice.
Pusser being slang for Purser.
This is my 6" ruler from when I was an apprentice.
Mick F. Cornwall