Building record 1471000000 - Milepost on A41

Summary

18th to 19th Century milepost A41 opposite Griffin Lane Aylesbury

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Map

No mapped location recorded.

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 A41 opposite Griffin Lane Aylesbury. On current OS. Confirmed by handwritten notes on microfiched OSD surveyor's drawings (1814) and OS 1'' (1835) were in Bucks County Museum now in Centre for Bucks Studies. Museum number 28 sheet XXVIII page 4 of notes. Inscription: London 39 Aylesbury 1. On Aylesbury to Waddesdon (H2) route. In same notes under milestones on ground H3. Drawing of sample cast iron milepost at Ludgershall, London on top parish below. Aylesbury on left, Bicester on right from road. In same notes under Milestones and H in red box. 1820 Erection of MPs (Sparrows Herne Trust) Nos. 33,35,36,37 still visible.G- Blue Folder 4. 1966 Extract "Bucks Life", Nov. - Bucks Milestones, R.I.E. Haynes, MPs Ayl./Bicester, 1833 G-Blue Folder 5. 1825 Marked on Bryant. 1835 Marked on OS1". [Handwritten notes consulted ] (B1).

Sources (1)

  • <1>SBC24230 Unpublished document: Dr Gimson. Undated. Manuscript notes on milestones compiled by Dr Gimson. museum no 28 sheet XXVIII page 4.

Location

Grid reference Not recorded
Civil Parish AYLESBURY, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

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Record last edited

Apr 18 2019 11:23AM

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