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That's very interesting. I had always thought distances from London were taken from Marble Arch. Paris has a similarly nondescript point, "kilometre zero" which is on the opposite side of the Petit Pont from Notre Dame. Presumably all major cities must have a standard point like this, it would be fascinating to look into what they all were and how they came to have the honour. |
There is an ancient milestone in Bromley Hight Street which says 10 miles from London Bridge, but I expect they chose that point because it was a nice round number. |
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