Building record 1360600000 - Milepost on A41

Summary

18th or 19th Century milepost on A41 at Westcott

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Map

Type and Period (1)

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

Description

Probable eighteenth or nineteenth century cast iron milepost on A41 beside Priors Furlong west of Hall Farm in Westcott. Recorded as present in 2002 on Milestones Society website on Aylesbury to Bicester route National ID number BU_LCB45. On north side of road 54cm wide 37cm deep 98cm high.' Has been painted around 1997 and appears to have been moved by tractor 2002.' Inscription: top: LONDON 45 : left: TO AYLESBURY 7 MILES : front: WADDESDON PARISH : right: TO BICESTER 9 MILES. Further incription top back; LONDON RI & II. [Detailed description, location and photograph] (B1).
Confirmed by handwritten notes on microfiched OSD surveyors drawings (1814) and 1'' OS map (1835) were in Bucks County Museum now in Centre for Bucks Studies. Museum number 27 sheet XXVII page 2 of notes. On Waddesdon to Kingswood route (H2 + J3). Inscription: London 45 Bicester 9. In same notes under "H2 Milestones on Ground". On Bryant 1825 and OS 1" 1835. Number on 1" OS 44. Only milepost at NGR 646 199 SMR 1361100000 recorded in detail. Sketch and description consulted. In same notes under Milestones and H in red box. 1820 Erection of MPs (Sparrows Herne Trust) Nos. 33,35,36,37 still visible. G-Blue Folder 4. 1966 Extract "Bucks Life" , Nov.- Bucks Milestones, R.I.E. haynes, MPs Ayl./Bicester, 1833.G-Blue Folder 5. 1825 Marked on Bryant. 1835 Marked on OS1". [Handwritten notes] (B2).

Sources (2)

  • <1>SBC23398 Digital archive: Milestones Society Web V:1.2. Milestones in pre-1974 county Buckinghamshire. BU_LCB45.
  • <2>SBC24230 Unpublished document: Dr Gimson. Undated. Manuscript notes on milestones compiled by Dr Gimson. museum no 27 sheet XXVII page 2 H2 Milestones on Ground.

Location

Grid reference SP 72426 17525 (point)
Civil Parish WESTCOTT, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

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Record last edited

Jul 31 2021 4:57PM

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