2007-02-15 03:13:31 · 14 answers · asked by egonspengleruk 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Geography
All I know is it's really inconsistent mate.
2007-02-19 01:21:10 · answer #1 · answered by Sluugy 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Distance on a sign means to the town/city hall/centre. You might in the UK still see the small sandstone mileage pillars at the side of the road. Those stated the number of miles to the town hall.
But I don't know what was the original town hall of London.
2007-02-15 07:45:24 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Just adding grist to the mill
its the cross outside of Charing Cross Station,
It originates from the hamlet of Charing, where King Edward I placed a cross in memorial to his wife, Eleanor of Castile. It is officially recognised as the centre of London; distances to London are measured to the location of the original Eleanor cross built at Charing.
There were12 cross's originally marking the procession route of Eleanor.
2007-02-15 05:06:42 · answer #3 · answered by superliftboy 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Outer indicators (working example twin carriageway indicators) allow you to be conscious of the way some distance of a distance you will desire to holiday earlier you hit the city limits. So working example, in the journey that your vacationing south on the M1, it might desire to declare "London - 40 miles". this could be to the outer boundary, the place the city starts off. indicators interior London will tutor different information. working example, driving alongside the A406, this is the North around, and particularly in many cases you will see indicators asserting "critical London - 4 miles". Now those indicators denote the area between your contemporary region to critical London. Oh and FYI, 'critical London' is in many cases classed as Charing flow.
2016-12-17 10:36:26 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
very interesting.....
the actual point for measuring the distance to and from London is located at Charing Cross, Westminster.
Charing Cross was not chosen for its geographical location, the real reason goes back over 700 years to Edward I.
In the year 1290 King Edward was in Scotland awaiting the arrival of his wife, Queen Eleanor. On her journey to meet him she was taken ill and died at a manor house near Lincoln.
The Queen's body was then taken from Lincoln to Westminster Abbey for a state burial. The grief stricken King decided that twelve memorial crosses would be installed at each stopping point of her funeral procession.
The twelve sites for memorial crosses were:
Lincoln, Grantham, Stamford, Geddington, Hardingstone, Stony Stratford, Woburn, Dunstable, St. Albans, Waltham, Cheapside, Charing Cross.
only 3 crosses remain....and the one outside Charing Cross is a replica.
2007-02-15 07:42:07 · answer #5 · answered by The Unknown Soldier 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
In the case of London it has always been the Charing Cross. Close to Trafalgar Square
2007-02-15 03:28:39 · answer #6 · answered by DanRSN 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The mile/km distance between cities is between the two post offices. Check it out one time when you are driving from point A to point B with your milage gage.
2007-02-15 08:24:24 · answer #7 · answered by jcss_003 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hi,, they are all wrong, its the centre of London that is where Charing Cross Bollard,the statue or obelisk outside charing cross mainline railway station is
2007-02-15 03:29:52 · answer #8 · answered by oscar 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Dan is right. In London, Charing Cross.
2007-02-18 04:42:16 · answer #9 · answered by R.E.M.E. 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Like Know How I've always believed it to be to the town hall. It would be difficult these days using the post office as they are becoming extinct.
2007-02-15 09:13:45 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
it's to the main central post office of the city
2007-02-15 03:21:36 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋