Building record 1471300000 - 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 north of Grove End Farm Haddenham. May be misssing Not on current OS database but on 'All Historic Layers' database. Confirmed by handwritten notes on 1" County Map (1835) were in Bucks County Museum now in Centre for Bucks Studies. Museum number 32 sheet XXXII on page 3 of notes. Thame to Chearsley, Westlington and Dinton (N2) route. Inscription: Ayl 8 Thame 2. In same notes under Milestones and N in red box. 1810 50 Geo. III c. 74 Road to be measured and MSs to be set up (Ayl.- Hockliffe). In pencil (?TMs). 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 econd MPS from Aylesbury". "Worksheet", Euro.10. 1966 Extract; 'Bucks-Life', Nov.- Bucks. Milestones, R.I.Hayne - A418, mileposts and makers, and illus. (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SBC24230 Unpublished document: Dr Gimson.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 32 sheet XXXII page 3.
Location
| Grid reference | SP 71557 07941 (point) (Estimated from sources) |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | HADDENHAM, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire |
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Record last edited
Apr 18 2019 11:36AM