Building record 1432300000 - Milestone on A4129
Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Map
Type and Period (1)
- MILESTONE (19th Century - 1800 AD? to 1899 AD?)
Description
Probable eighteenth to nineteenth century milestone present in 2003 on updated Milestones Society website on Thame to Risborough route National ID number BU_THR105. ' On well kept grass verge' on Thame Road Longwick village on south side A4195. Opposite White Gables. 33cm wide X 20cm deep X 67cm high. Inscription: centre: Risborough/ 1 1/4 / Wycombe/ 10.' Stone rather crumbly repainted well in gothic script 2003 '. [ Detailed description, location and photograh ] (B1).
Confirmed by handwritten notes on maps were in Bucks County Museum now in Centre for Bucks Studies.Under title 'J5 Milestones on Ground'. NGR: 789 049 Parish: Longwick: Number on 1" OS 1835: No number. Information: Poor state: stone milestone: Front facing only: No original marks: painted on figure Wycome 10. ( In village) sketch below. Sketch annotated rectangular stone milestone. Painted letters just legible. Sloping flat top for drainage. Front: …….BORO: WYCOMBE 10. In same notes page 4 Aston Sandford to Pr. Risborough (J5). Notes on microfiched OSD Surveyors Drawings and Bryant 1'' (1835) Museum number xxxvii sheet 37. 'M S' at this grid reference no inscription recorded. [ Handwritten notes consulted ] (B2).
Sources (2)
- <1>SBC23398 Digital archive: Milestones Society Web V:1.2. Milestones in pre-1974 county Buckinghamshire. BU_THR105.
- <2>SBC24230 Unpublished document: Dr Gimson. Undated. Manuscript notes on milestones compiled by Dr Gimson. J5 Milestones on Ground museum no. xxxvii sheet 37 page 4.
Location
| Grid reference | SP 78914 04903 (point) (Exact) |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | LONGWICK-CUM-ILMER, Wycombe, Buckinghamshire |
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Record last edited
Mar 21 2019 12:00PM
