Building record 1360700000 - Milepost on A41

Summary

18th or 19th Century milepost on A41 at Woodham, may be missing

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Map

Type and Period (1)

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

Description

Missing probable eighteenth or nineteenth century cast iron milepost on A41 in the hamlet of Woodham near a barn east of turn to Woodham Industrial Estate. Missing from 1991 on Milestones Society website on Aylesbury to Bicester route National ID number BU_LCB46. Was on north side of road. 'Local farmer reports removed by Highways Agency'. Present on OS map. Inscription should be: top: LONDON 46 : left: TO AYLESBURY 8 MILES : right: TO BICESTER 8 MILES. [Description and location ] (B1).
Confirmed by handwritten notes on microfiched OSD surveyors drawings (1814) and OSD 1'' 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 (H2 + J3) route. Inscription: London 46 Bicester 8 In same notes under "H3 Milestones on Ground." On Bryant 1825 and OS 1" 1835. On current OS as Mile Post. Number on 1" OS 1835 45. Only milepost recorded on this route in these notes was at NGR 646 199 SMR no 1361100000. Sketch and description available. 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_LCB46.
  • <2>SBC24230 Unpublished document: Dr Gimson. Undated. Manuscript notes on milestones compiled by Dr Gimson. museum no 27 sheet XXVII page 2 H3 Milestones on Ground.

Location

Grid reference Centred SP 70860 17970 (1m by 0m)
Civil Parish WOODHAM, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

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Record last edited

Jul 31 2021 4:58PM

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