Building record 1424500000 - Milestone on A40

Summary

18th or 19th Century milestone or mlepost on A40 in Beaconsfield

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Map

Type and Period (1)

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

Description

Probable eighteenth to nineteenth century milestone on A40 Wycombe End Beaconsfield. Recorded as present in 2001 on the Milestones Society website on Uxbridge to Stokenchurch route National ID number BU_LW24. On south side of road. No dimensions recorded. Inscription: left : Oxford 30 Wycombe 3: front : London 24 Uxbridge 9 : right: XXIV Miles to London 1744. [Detailed description and location] (B1).
Shown on 1814 OS surveyor's draft drawing and 1835 1-inch OS map (sheet XLVII). Inscription: London 24 : Uxbridge 9. On High Wycombe to Beaconsfield route. 1825 Bryant county map - milestones 16-34 marked from West Wycombe to Bushey Leys; 1788 Jefferys county map - milestones 16 - 34 marked; 1835 1-inch OS map - milestones 16 -34 marked (alteration of county boundary); 1885 6-inch OS map - milestone positions marked with mileage (B2).

Sources (2)

  • <1>SBC23398 Digital archive: Milestones Society Web V:1.2. Milestones in pre-1974 county Buckinghamshire. BU_LW24.
  • <2>SBC24230 Unpublished document: Dr Gimson. Undated. Manuscript notes on milestones compiled by Dr Gimson. museum no. 47 sheet XLVII page 5 and J in red box Milestones 1825 Bryant and B in red box Milestones.

Location

Grid reference Centred SU 93523 89751 (1m by 0m)
Civil Parish BEACONSFIELD, South Bucks, Buckinghamshire

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Record last edited

Jan 30 2024 11:42AM

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