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The Dial Stone

On the stone are inscribed these words:

" This pillar was erected by Order of the Sessions of the peace for Norfolk as a grateful remembrance of the charity of Sir Edwin Rich K, who freely gave ye sum of two hundred pounds towards the repair of ye highway between Wymondham and Attleborough A.D. 1675"

 

The pillar originally supported a sun dial which was lost sometime after 1730.

 

The stone was moved to its present position just off the A11 by the Department of Transport in 1985 during the construction of the Attleborough bypass (A11).

 

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Uploaded on November 18, 2012
Taken on July 9, 2012