Building record 1359300000 - Milepost on A422
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 A422 Buckingham to Stony Stratford road east of Buckingham by Lockmeadow Farm. Recorded by P.N. Jarvis [ Bletchley Archaeological and Historical Society ] in August 1966. Card includes four mileposts between Northamptonshire border and Stony Stratford which could not be found and boundary post between Northamptonshire and Buckinghamshire (all now in Milton Keynes). Material assumed from drawing and OS record of milepost versus milestone. In inscription: BUCKINGHAM 1 STRATFORD 7. NEWPORT 13 STRATFORD 7. [Drawing, description and location map] (B1).
Confirmed by handwritten notes of OS draft surveyors drawings (1814 ) and OS 1" County Map. Bucks sheet number XII. Inscription: Newport Pagnell 13 Buckingham 1. On Buckingham towards Stony Stratford (L2) route. [Handwritten notes] (B2).
Sources (2)
- <1>SBC23502 Unpublished document: Peter Jarvis. 1966. CBA Indistrial Archaeology Record Card.
- <2>SBC24230 Unpublished document: Dr Gimson. Undated. Manuscript notes on milestones compiled by Dr Gimson. museum no. 13 sheet XII page 1.
Location
| Grid reference | SP 70920 34406 (point) |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | MAIDS MORETON, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire |
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Record last edited
Jul 31 2021 4:45PM
