Oxford Milestones: Dorchester-on-Thames
L O N D O N
49 [fomerly XLIX?]
H E N L E Y
14 [formerly XIV?]
A B I N G D ON
7 [VII?]
O X F O R D
18 [formerly XVIII?]
49 miles to London,
14 miles to Henley
7 miles to Abingdon
18 miles to Oxford
This milestone on the road from Oxford to London via Henley dates from about 1736.
It was recarved in the nineteenth century, and the roman numerals were replaced with arabic ones.
About twenty metres west of
the Toll House, High Street
Grade II listed:
List entry number
1047863
An octagonal toll-house also survives in Dorchester-on-Thames near the above milestone: it was built in 1820, five years after the 1815 bridge over the River Thame, and is Grade II listed (List Entry 1047862)