Building record 1344300000 - Milepost on A404

Grade II. Milepost. Probable eighteenth to nineteenth century. Painted cast iron. Triangular base chamfered to a gable top inscribed 'Hatfield 20' in raised Clarenden style lettering & numerals. Base inscribed in similar style; left hand 'Amersham 4 Reading 30' with a projecting Lug to accommodate the first 'A'; right hand 'Rickmansworth 4'. The milepost is situated on the old Hatfield to Reading Turnpike Road (B1).
On A404 in good condition '6mm metal some splitting'. Description as above. [ Drawings, location and photographs available ] (B2).
Recorded on The Milestones Society web site as present in 2002 on Rickmansworth to Amersham route National ID number BU_RGHT30.' On Amersham Road opposite lane to Great House Farm south of Chenies Village'. On south side of road 44cm wide 24cm deep 120cm high. Inscription: right: AMERSHAM 4 READING 30 : left: RICKMANS-WORTH 4 : top: HATFIELD 20. [ Detailed description, location and photograph available ] (B3).
Confirmed by handwritten notes on 1" OS map (1835) were in Bucks County Museum now in Centre for Bucks Studies. Museum number 43 sheet XLIII page 5 of notes. Inscription: Amersham 4 : Rickmansworth 4. On Marlow to Stokenchurch (F1) route. In same notes page F under title [ Hatfield ] Chenies to Henley- "Gout Track" metal milepost number 4 on 1" OS (1835). Inscription as above in good condition. [ Handwritten notes consulted ] (B4).