Building record 1356200000 - Milepost in Grendon Underwood

Probable eighteenth to nineteenth century cast iron milepost on Buckingham to Brill road in Grendon Underwood on Main Street outside The Grove. Recorded by P.N. Jarvis [ Bletchley Archaeological and Historical Society ] in Jan 1965. One of 12 recorded on this road. Painted figures. Inscription: 'BUCKINGHAM 9 : BRILL 6'. [ Sample drawing and location consulted ] (B1).
Recorded on Milestones Society website in 2010, surveyed in 2002. National ID number BU_BRBU06 on Brill to Buckingham route. 52cm wide 28cm deep 89 cm high. Inscription: BRILL 6. " Badly repainted in 2010". [ Photograph, detailed description and location available ] (B2).
Confirmed by handwritten notes including field surveys some in the 1980s under tile:" MILE POSTS. BUCKINGHAM to BRILL. ( Max Davies only )." NGR 686 204: parish: Grendon U.: Number on 1" OS 1835: none: Information: Poor: metal miles post: some painted letters etc ( no parish name to be seen ) ilus as over ( Brill 6 Buck 10 ). Illustration annotated: Metal mile posts on Buckingham to Brill road no makers name. All similar design. Mileage does not match 1965. [ Handwritten notes and illustration consulted ] (B3).
According to Peter Gullands extensive study on The Toll Roads of Buckinghamshire 1706-1881 with their connections into neighbouring counties 2017 p.27. This important route betwee Brili and Buckingham through Grendon Underwood was never turnpiked. When trust closed in 1880s and 1890 Highway Authorities county or distict or parish put milemarkers along thos rod that the Miesstone Society calls Bucks Pressings standardised metal posts with two white faces and black lettering they were easier to read because of new technology but liable to rot at bottom or get knocked don they were use for missing milemarkers on other roads incounty particlaly in middle and north. According to PG they are part modern record of 116 in conty ot of possible 230 from old records. During WW2 milemarkers throughou conty were moved from security reasons and sometimes not replaced. [Copy in HER] (B4).