Building record 1470200000 - Milepost on A418
Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Map
Type and Period (1)
- MILEPOST (18th Century to 19th Century - 1700 AD? to 1899 AD?)
Description
Probable eighteenth or nineteenth century cast iron milepost on A418 opposite Ascott House. Not on current OS but confirmed by handwritten notes on OS 1'' map (1835) was in Bucks County Museum now in Centre for Bucks Studies. Museum number 24 sheet XXIV on page 2 of notes. Also on ' All Historic Layers' map of Bucks on north sde of road. Inscription: Aylesbury 8 Leighton Buzzard 2 1/2. On N Wing to Aylesbury (N1) route. In same notes under "N1. Milestones on Ground". No NGR or Parish recorded. Number on 1" OS 1835 8. And under N in red box. Milestones. 1810 50 Geo. III c. 74. Road to be measured and MSs to be set up. ( Ayl-Hockliffe) (?TMs) in pencil. Blue Folder 1 underlined in red. 1821 MPs to be set up - Ayl. ( Black Swan ) to West Chester Road. Blue folder 1 underlined in red. "1820s or 1830s" Cast Iron MPs, made by Seymour, Aylesbury' and " probably made 1820s or 1830s". " Renewal Act of 1791 made mention of provision of MPs" [ Ayl. - Shillingford, Oxon. ] In pencil ? Where - " See photos of first and second MPs from Aylebury". "Worksheet", Euro.10 underlined in red. 1966 Extract; ' Bucks - Life ', Nov. - Bucks. Milestones, R.I. Haynes - A418, mileposts and makers, and ilus. ( Haddenham ) ". Ayl. 1 - Thame 9 " - M.P. now in B.C.M. [ Handwritten notes consulted ] (B1).
Sources (1)
- < 1>SBC24230 Unpublished document: Dr Gimson. Undated. Manuscript notes on milestones compiled by Dr Gimson. museum no.24 sheet XXIV page 2 also N1. Milestones on Ground and under N in red box 1810.
Location
| Grid reference | SP 88948 22969 (point) (Estimated from sources) |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | WING, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire |
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Record last edited
Apr 18 2019 10:54AM