Building record 1354700000 - Milepost on A4155
Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Map
Type and Period (1)
- MILEPOST (18th Century to 19th Century - 1700 AD? to 1899 AD?)
Description
Missing probably cast iron eighteenth or nineteenth century milepost. 'Part of gout route' on A4155 west of Marlow. On current OS map as milestone near Beechwood Lodge. [ Location available ] (B1).
Confirmed by handwritten notes on microfiched OSD surveyors drawings (1814) and 1" OS county map (1835) were in Bucks County Museum now in Centre for Bucks Studies. Museum number18 sheet LI page 7 of notes. Inscription: Marlow 1 Henley 6. On Henley on Thames to Marlow (F5) route. Also on page F of same notes under "Gout Track" (ctd.) " Not found 1987". Recorded as MS and number 1 on 1" OS (1835). In same notes under F in red box Milestone. 1825 Bryant - from High Wycombe to Marlow only. 1820 Milestones replaced by mileposts. 1990 2 milestones now gate posts at Flackwell Heath. See also underlined in red J.R. + K.E. field visit on separate sheet. R.I.E. Haynes - Buckinghamshire Milestones. Kenneth Hunter - "Lord Salisbury's Gout Track". Ref underlined in red - "Hertfordshire Countryside" Vol. 16 No. 63. Winter 1961. [ Handwritten notes consulted ] (B2).
Sources (2)
- <1>SBC19208 Unpublished document: Buckinghamshire County Council. 1995. Chilterns AONB Milestone Survey. Stone 29.
- <2>SBC24230 Unpublished document: Dr Gimson. Undated. Manuscript notes on milestones compiled by Dr Gimson. museum no 18 sheet LI page 7 and page F and F in red box Milestones.
Location
| Grid reference | SU 83430 85760 (point) (Exact) |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | MARLOW, Wycombe, Buckinghamshire |
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Record last edited
Feb 14 2019 11:54AM
