Building record 1360900000 - Milepost on A41
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 missing cast iron milepost on A41 at Sharps Hill Tetchwick. Recorded as possibly missing or moved in 2003 on Milestones Society survey website on Aylesbury Bicester route Natioanal ID number BU_LCB48. 54cm wide 32cm deep 87cm high, on north side of road.'Painted around 1997. Was on wide grass verge'. Inscription: centre: LONDON 48 : left: TO AYLESBURY 10 MILES : top: TETCHWICK IN LUDGERSHALL : right: TO BICESTER 6 MILES. [Detailed description, location and photograh] (B1).
Confirmed by handwritten notes on OS 1'' map (1835) was in Bucks County Museum now in Centre for Bucks Studies. Museum number 22 sheet XXII page 2 of notes. On Aylesbury towards Bicester (H3) route. Inscription: London 48 Bicester 6. In same notes under " H3 Milestones on Ground." on Bryant 1825 and OS 1" 1835. Number 47 on 1" OS .On current OS. Only one milepost left on this route NGR 646 199 SMR no 1361100000. 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 OS 1". [Handwritten notes] (B2).
Sources (2)
- <1>SBC23398 Digital archive: Milestones Society Web V:1.2. Milestones in pre-1974 county Buckinghamshire. BU_LCB48.
- <2>SBC24230 Unpublished document: Dr Gimson. Undated. Manuscript notes on milestones compiled by Dr Gimson. museum no 22 sheet xxii page 2 H3 Milestones on Ground.
Location
Grid reference | SP 67941 19482 (point) |
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Civil Parish | KINGSWOOD, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire |
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Record last edited
Jul 31 2021 5:00PM