Building record 1470600000 - 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 to nineteenth century cast iron milepost on A418 Aylesbury Road just inside Aylesbury parish. May be missing as not on current OS. Original position estimated from ' All Historic Layers' database. Confirmed by handwritten notes on OS 1'' (1835) from Bucks County Museum now in Centre for Bucks Studies. Museum number 28 sheet XXVIII page 3 of notes. Inscription: Leighton Buzzard 9 1/2 Aylesbury 1. On Aylesbury to Bierton (N1) route. In same notes under " N1. Milestones on Ground". NGR 830 148. Parish Bierton. Number on 1" OS 1835 1. And under N in red box . Milestones. 1810 50 Geo.III c. 74. Road to be measured MSs to be set up. (Ayl-Hockliffe) (?TMs) in pencil. Blue Folder 1. 1821 MPs to be set up - Ayl. (Black Swan) to West Chester Road. Blue Folder 1. " 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 Aylesbury " . " Worksheet ", Euro. 10. 1966 Extract; ' Bucks - Life ', Nov. - Bucks. Milestones., R.I. Haynes - A418, mileposts and makers, and illus. (Haddenham). " Ayl. 1 - Thame 9" - M.P. now in B.C.M. [ Handwritten notes consulted ] (B1).
Local resident reports definitely missing.
Sources (1)
- <1>SBC24230 Unpublished document: Dr Gimson. Undated. Manuscript notes on milestones compiled by Dr Gimson. number 28 sheet XXVIII page 4 and N1 Milestones on Ground and under N in red box 1810.
Location
| Grid reference | SP 83064 14812 (point) (Estimated from sources) |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | AYLESBURY, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire |
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Record last edited
Apr 18 2019 11:13AM
