Building record 1357100000 - Milestone on A413

Probable eighteenth to nineteenth century milestone. One of a possible14 milestones ( two missing between Buckslow Farm and Whitchurch ) on Buckingham to Aylesbury road A413, recorded by V.F. Bignell (Bletchley Archaeological and Historical Society) in January 1964. At the Great Horwood turn in Winslow. Mostly grey brown stone, flat faces, some edges chamfered and rounded tops painted white. Incised lettering painted black. This one 37 inches high on west side of road. [Drawings, description and location card consulted ] (B1).
Recorded on Milestones Society website as present in 2002 on Aylesbury to Buckingham route A413, National ID number BU_LC51. On south side of road. 'At north west edge of railway bridge parapet wall, north of Winslow'. 27cm wide, 27cm deep, 86cm high. Inscription: left face: 'BANBURY 23 BUCKINGHAM 6': right face: 'LONDON 51 AYLESBURY11 WINSLOW 0'. No suitable estimation of height on current OS. [Detailed description, location and photograph] (B2).
Confirmed by handwritten notes on OS draft surveyors drawings (1814) and OS 1-inch map (1835). Now in Centre for Bucks Studies. On Buckingham to Winslow/ Winslow (N+S) route (C6). Inscription: London 51. Buckingham 6 In same notes under Milestones- Types " N. Aylesbury to Buckingham - C5, C6. Stone- 5 sided. Angled to road, lettered on 2 sides." Note O.S.maps will show present positions - may not coincide with historical positions In same notes " MILESTONES ( In site 1986 except ? ) and in red C1/2/3/4/5/6/7 L1". On second page under N. from London in blue. On Jefferies, Bryant and OS 1" 1835. 51: ( Also in Haynes). In pencil underneath Nr. Gt. Horwood turning.R. In same notes under" C in a red box : Milestones". Sketch of stone 51 at top: 11 in middle: 23 at bottom. 51 London 11 Aylesbury 23 Buckingham. In same notes under Milestones with C in red bo. In pencil [No mention of milestones in TMs up to 1808]. 1741 Geo.II c. 15 Cont Act- MSs to be erected.TM. 1808 Mr. Herring to be paid when "[mile] stones properly and rightly spelt, are placed".TM. 1810 50 Geo.III - Rd. to be measured MSs and posts to be erected.G9.1.1822 (July) Surveyor to give directions for Cast Iron Mile Posts on the road from Buckingham to Wendover and Guide Posts where necessary.TM. But see below in red. 1822 (Oct.) 1. Surveyor to give directions for Mile Stones on "said road" to be fresh painted and letters fresh cut where necessary. 2. Guide posts to be all new painted and new posts where necessary.TM. 1823 John King to measure the T.R. road and prepare a map or plan for use of the Trustees.[See T3/51 - P.R.O.].TM. 1828 Measure of road from Wendover to Buckingham 21m. 2f. 121yds.TM. 1829 'Proper hand posts' to be put up, Aylesbury and elsewhere with distances marked thereon.TM. 1834 Jan. The Clerk to "write to the Clerk of Oak Lane Trust stating that various improvements by shortening the road have been made and the Trustees, presuming that similar improvements have been made on the Oak Lane Trust, wish to be informed whether the milestones on the Oak Lane Trust have been placed accurately from the last mile stone on the Oxford Road….".TM. !834 July " … measure distance from 18th milestone on Oxford road … to ascertain where respective milestones (to Buckingham) ought to stand".TM. 1835 2 Mar. Wendover to Buckingham 22m.Dup.Wis. 1835 24 Mar. "…. That the present milestones in this Trust be taken up, and new faced and lettered and painted, and direct they measure the turnpike road from the 18th milestone on the Uxbridge road from London".TM. 1848 1 June Length of T.P. road 21m. 2furs. 110yds.Dup.Wis. 1858 MSs to be painted.G1.2. 1868 March Surveyor to report on state of milestones and "cost of putting them in good order".TM. 1868 October Tenders for repairing and re-writing milestones - Mr. Hodgkins; at 3/- per stone, accepted.TM. 1871 Handposts to be painted and repaired "throughout".TM. [Handwritten notes consulted in HER] (B3).
In Peter Gullands extensive study of The Toll Roads of Buckinghamshiire 1706 -1881 2017 these milestones are on The Wendover and Buckingham Turnpike Road 1721 road 5 p.99. This was part of a major historic route from London to West Midlands was 21 miles long all in Bucks from junction of Aylesbury Road with Wharf Road in Wendover to just north of London Road Bridge in Buckingham. Miilstones were iniatiated by the trust act of 1742 a 1766 map of Buckinghamshire shows all 21 milestones in place. From London 36 in Wendover to to london 56 now near Tescoe supermarket in Buckingham London Road there was London 57 near juncton of London road and Bourton road in Buckingham which was removed when the trust to the south moved the shortened the length to London. 15 existing milestones maybe moved during WW2 moved ehen not all on sae side of road.shortend when distance to london moved further south. Milestones were square in cross sction with incise cacapital lettering two lettrede faces faced trveller this trust kept its orinal milestones with just a few replacements. During WW" milemarkers were removed throughout the contry for security reasons and sometimes not put back or not put back inright place this may explain why 23rds of existing milsones ore on west oand other 5 random.placed. After the trusts closed in 1880s and 1890s highway authorities parish diastict or county rpeceed milemrkers on som oads with what the milestones Csociety cals Bucks Pressings a standardised metal post with two whit aes and black inscrptions. This one of 160 modern records of milemarkers out of apossle 230 from historical sources acording to PG. [Copy n HER] (B4).