Building record 1352600000 - Milepost on A404
Summary
18th or 19th Century milepost on A404 west of Woodrow may be missing
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Map
Type and Period (2)
- MILESTONE (18th Century to 19th Century - 1700 AD? to 1899 AD?)
- MILEPOST (18th Century to 19th Century - 1700 AD? to 1899 AD?)
Description
Probable eighteenth to nineteenth century 'cast iron' metal milepost part of 'gout route' missing in 1995 from A404 between Woodrow and Beaumond End at Penn Wood. Recorded on current OS map as milestone. [ Location available ] (B1).
Confirmed by handwritten notes on microfiched OSD Surveyors Drawings (1814) and one inch OSD Map (1835) Bucks County Museum number XLII sheet 42 now in Centre for Bucks Studies. Inscription: Amersham 3 Wycombe 4. On High Wycombe, Hazelmere, Amersham (F3/F4) route. On page 5 of notes. Recorded as not found but (on OS 1") on page F of same notes title Mile Stones [Hatfield] Chenies to Henley - "Gout Track". Number 4 on 1" OS (1835). [ Handwritten notes consulted ] (B2).
Sources (2)
- <1>SBC19208 Unpublished document: Buckinghamshire County Council. 1995. Chilterns AONB Milestone Survey. Stone 13.
- <2>SBC24230 Unpublished document: Dr Gimson. Undated. Manuscript notes on milestones compiled by Dr Gimson. museum no. XLII sheet 42 pages 5 + F.
Location
| Grid reference | SU 91859 96711 (point) (Exact) |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | AMERSHAM, Chiltern, Buckinghamshire |
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Record last edited
Aug 2 2018 11:15AM
