Building record 1361700000 - 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 ninetenth century milestone on A40 in Gerrards Cross at junction with Bulstrode Way near Rocky Dell. Milestone 20 on Milestones Society survey website London to Worcester route present in 2002 (BU/120). On north side of road 43cm high. Not updated on most recent Milestones Society website. May be missing. [ Photograph, description and location available ] (B1).
Confirmed by handwritten notes on 1" OS county map (1835) were in Bucks County Museum now in Centre for Bucks Studies. Museum number 48 sheet XLVIII page 6 of notes. Inscription: Beaconsfield 3 Uxbridge 5 London 20. On Beaconsfield to Denham (B2) route. In same notes under J in red box. Milestones. 1825 Bryant- Marked from W. Wycombe to Bushey Leys. Also under B in red box. Milestones. 1788 Jefferys - nos. 16 - 34. 1825 Bryant - 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. 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. Milestone 20 London-Worcester.
- <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SBC24230 Unpublished document: Dr Gimson.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 and under B in red box.
Location
| Grid reference | SU 99535 88723 (point) (Exact) |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | GERRARDS CROSS, South Bucks, Buckinghamshire |
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Record last edited
Feb 21 2019 11:55AM
