Building record 1362000000 - 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 at White Hill near Holtspur in Beaconsfield. On Milestones Society survey website on Uxbridge to Stokenchurch route present in 2002 National ID number BU_LW25. On south side of road 42cm wide 40cm deep 67cm high. ' Under trees on wide grass verge'. Inscription: left: Oxford 29 'Wycombe 4 : front: London 25 Uxbridge 10 : XXV Miles to LONDON 1744: back: '? old carving XXVIII Miles to OXFORD. Carved benchmark ower right face. [ Detailed drawings and location available ] (B1).
Confirmed by handwritten notes on microfiched OSD Surveyor's Drawings (1814) and OS 1" map (1835) were in Bucks County Museum number 47 sheet XLVII now in Centre for Bucks Studies. Inscripton: London 25: Uxbridge 10. On High Wycombe to Beaconsfield route (B3). On page 5 of notes. In same notes under J in a 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. 1885 O.S.6" - positions marked + mileages 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_LW25.
- <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SBC24230 Unpublished document: Dr Gimson.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 and under B in red box.
Location
| Grid reference | SU 91926 89838 (point) (Exact) |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | BEACONSFIELD, South Bucks, Buckinghamshire |
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Record last edited
Feb 21 2019 12:04PM