Building record 1361200000 - 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 the A40 outside Woodhill Lodge on the eastern edge of Gerrards Cross. Recorded as present in 2001 on the Milestones Society survey website Uxbridge to Stokenchurch route National ID number BU_LW19. On north side of Oxford Road on lawn 38cm wide 32cm deep 106 cm high. Inscription: left: London 19 Oxford 35 Beaconsfield 4 : front: Uxbridge 4. '? Reset when drive done for newly built house'. [ Detailed description, location and photograph available ] (B1).
Confirmed by handwritten notes on 1" OS county map (1835) was in Bucks County Museum now in Centre for Bucks Studies. Museum number 48 sheet XLVIII page 6 of notes. Inscription: London 19 Uxbridge 4. On Beaconsfield to Denham (B2) route. In same notes under J in red box. Milestones. 1825 Bryant- Marked from W. Wycombe to Bushey Leys. In same notes under B in red box Milestones. 1788 Jefferys - nos 16 - 34. 1835 O.S. 1" - . Nos 16 -37 ( 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 bnotes consulted ] (B2).
Sources (2)
- <1>SBC23398 Digital archive: Milestones Society Web V:1.2. Milestones in pre-1974 county Buckinghamshire. BU_LW19.
- <2>SBC24230 Unpublished document: Dr Gimson. Undated. Manuscript notes on milestones compiled by Dr Gimson. museum no 48 sheet XLVIII page 6 and J in red box Milestones 1825 Bryant.
Location
| Grid reference | TQ 00603 87553 (point) (Exact) |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | GERRARDS CROSS, South Bucks, Buckinghamshire |
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Record last edited
Feb 21 2019 11:49AM
