Building record 1361000000 - Milepost on A41

Summary

18th or 19th Century milepost on A41 at Ludgershall, 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 the A41 in the parish of Ludgershall. Recorded as missing on Milestones Society 2002 survey website not present on udated website in 2010 so no new National ID number recorded there but if in sequence should be BU_LCB49. Missing on Aylesbury to Bicester route before 1960. Inscription would have been: right: London 49 : top: Ludgershall Parish: left: To Aylesbury 11 To Bicester 5. Not on current OS map. Estimated from" all historic layers database". [Description and location not available on present website] (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 on page 2 of notes. Inscription : London 49 Bicester 5. On Aylesbury towards Bicester (H3) route. In same notes under " H3 Milestones on Ground". On Bryant 1825 and OS 1" 1835 number on 1" OS 48. Not present only milestone left on this route sketched NGR 646 199 SMR number 1361100000. In same notes under Milestones and H n 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_LCB49 if on list.
  • <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SBC24230 Unpublished document: Dr Gimson.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 66250 19692 (point)
Civil Parish LUDGERSHALL, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

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Record last edited

Jul 31 2021 5:04PM

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