Building record 1352600000 - Milepost on A404

Summary

18th or 19th Century milepost on A404 west of Woodrow may be missing

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  • None recorded

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Type and Period (2)

  • MILESTONE (18th Century to 19th Century - 1700 AD? to 1899 AD?)
  • MILEPOST (18th Century to 19th Century - 1700 AD? to 1899 AD?)

Description

Probable eighteenth to nineteenth century 'cast iron' metal milepost part of 'gout route' missing in 1995 from A404 between Woodrow and Beaumond End at Penn Wood. Recorded on current OS map as milestone (B1).
Shown on 1814 OS Surveyor's draft drawings and on 1835 one-inch OS map (Bucks sheet 42). Inscription: Amersham 3 Wycombe 4. On High Wycombe, Hazelmere, Amersham (F3/F4) route. Recorded as not found. [Hatfield] Chenies to Henley - "Gout Track". Milestone number 4 on 1835 1" OS map. (B2).

Sources (2)

  • <1>SBC19208 Unpublished document: Buckinghamshire County Council. 1995. Chilterns AONB Milestone Survey. Stone 13.
  • <2>SBC24230 Unpublished document: Dr Gimson. Undated. Manuscript notes on milestones compiled by Dr Gimson. museum no. XLII sheet 42 pages 5 + F.

Location

Grid reference SU 91859 96711 (point)
Civil Parish AMERSHAM, Chiltern, Buckinghamshire

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Record last edited

Dec 3 2021 11:25PM

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