Building record 1424500000 - Milestone on A40
Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Map
Type and Period (1)
- MILESTONE (18th Century to 19th Century - 1700 AD? to 1899 AD?)
Description
Probable eighteenth to nineteenth century milestone on A40 Wycombe End Beaconsfield. Recorded as present in 2001 on the Milestones Society website on Uxbridge to Stokenchurch route National ID number BU_LW24. On south side of road. No dimensions recorded. Inscription: left : Oxford 30 Wycombe 3: front : London 24 Uxbridge 9 : right: XXIV Miles to London 1744. [ Detailed description and location available ] (B1).
Confirmed by handwritten notes on microfiched OSD surveyors drawings (1814) and OS 1" map (1835) were in Bucks County Museum now in Centre for Bucks Studies. Museum number 47 sheet XLVII. Inscription: London 24 : Uxbridge 9. On High Wycombe to Beaconsfield (B3) route. On page 5 of notes.In same notes under J in red square. Milestones. 1825 Bryant - Marked from W. Wycombe to Bushey Leys. In same notes under B in red box. Milestones. 1788 Jefferys - nos. 16 - 34. 1825 Bryant - nos. 16 -34. 1835 O.S.1" - . Nos. 16 -34 (alteration of county boundary). See also underlined in blue. 1814 O.S.D. Surveyors Drawings. (microfiche) Mileages written on map. 1885 O.S.6" - positions marked + mileage written in. R.I.E. Haynes " Bucks Milestones " Extract ' Bucks Life' (Nov . 1966). [ Handwritten notes consulted ] (B2).
Sources (2)
- <1>SBC23398 Digital archive: Milestones Society Web V:1.2. Milestones in pre-1974 county Buckinghamshire. BU_LW24.
- <2>SBC24230 Unpublished document: Dr Gimson. Undated. Manuscript notes on milestones compiled by Dr Gimson. museum no. 47 sheet XLVII page 5 and J in red box Milestones 1825 Bryant and B in red box Milestones.
Location
| Grid reference | Centred SU 93523 89751 (1m by 0m) (Exact) |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | BEACONSFIELD, South Bucks, Buckinghamshire |
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Record last edited
Mar 21 2019 11:28AM
