Flint Cross

Flint Cross, looking West towards the Coach House Hotel

Flint Cross is a hamlet and a crossroads in the South Cambridgeshire District, in the English county of Cambridgeshire. It is located at the crossroads of the A505 road and the B1368 road, which leads north to Fowlmere and south to Barley.

Nearby settlements include the town of Royston and the villages of Fowlmere and Duxford.

The milestone at Flint Cross, installed in 1731, is Grade II listed.[1] It has a benchmark inscribed on the side for which the elevation is 39.9693 metres above mean sea level. It is one of a series of milestones running from Cambridge to Barkway, which were installed through a bequest from William Mowse, a lawyer who was Master of Trinity Hall, Cambridge in 1552.

Milestone at Flint Cross

Buildings in Flint Cross include the Coach House hotel.[2] and a petrol station. The hamlet is also the site of Bridgefoot Quarry[3] and Grange Farm, which was damaged by a fire in June 2009.[4] The Anglo-Saxon earthwork of Bran Ditch runs east of the hamlet, but has been mostly ploughed out.

The A505 at Flint Cross has seen a number of traffic accidents.[3] A road safety scheme was implemented in October 2010 following a local campaign; however, a proposed reduction in the road's speed limit to 50mph was not initially included.[5] The speed limit was imposed following a consultation.[6]

References

  1. ↑ Historic England. "Milestone at Junction of A505 and B1368 (1127567)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 8 April 2014.
  2. ↑ Coach House Hotel website
  3. 1 2 "Peterborough City Council - Minerals and Waste Site Specific Proposals Preferred Options 2".
  4. ↑ "Ten crews battle fire at converted barn: Royston Weekly News".
  5. ↑ "Sprayed signs leave councillor confused - News - Royston Crow".
  6. ↑ "Speed limits to reduce on major roads: Royston Crow".

Coordinates: 52°04′01″N 0°03′14″E / 52.0670°N 0.0538°E / 52.0670; 0.0538

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