Building record 1352200000 - Milestone on A413

Probable eighteenth to nineteenth to century milestone on A 413 south of Amersham by cemetery opposite Lay -by. Present in 1995 in good condition in bracken. Height 32 to 35 inches top 13 by 15 inches chamfered all round. Leans backwards and to one side. Inscription incised with black paint front and back 'some discrepancy between them on distances to London'. Front: LONDON 25 AMERSHAM PARISH. Back: XXVI miles from London J730 (?). [ Drawings, location and photograph available] (B1).
Recorded as present in 2004 on Milestones Society website on Uxbridge to Amersham route National ID number BU_LC25. On east side of road 36cm wide 30cm deep 85cm high. South east of bus stop. Inscription : front: (LON)DON 25 AMERSHAM PARISH: 'Original inscription on back XXVI Miles from London 1750'. [ Detailed description, location and photograph available ] (B2).
Confirmed by handwritten notes on microfiched OSD Surveyors Drawings (1814) and one inch OS map (1835) Bucks County Museum number XLIII sheet 43 now in Centre for Bucks Studies. On Wendover to Amersham and Chalfont (C3/C2) route on page 5 of notes. Inscription: London 25. On same notes under Milestones - Types " 1/2 Mile from River Colne to Aylesbury - C2, C3, C4. Stone. Flat face parallel to road. 4 sided. Except - Bedgrove ( London 39 ) - angled to road, lettered on 2 sides. Note O.S. maps will show present positions- may not coincide with historical positions." In same notes under "MILESTONES ( In site 1986 except ? ). In 1" OS 1835, Bryant and Jefferies. 25: ( also in Haynes ). In same notes under "C in red box: Milestones". 25 London at Amersham sketch of blank stone. Also under Milestones - C in red box pages 1,2,3. In pencil [ No mention of milestones in TMs up to 1808]. 1741 Geo II c 15 Cont. Act MSs to be erected. TM. 1808 Mr Herring to be paid when " [mile]stones properly and rightly spelt, are placed". TM. 1810 50 Geo. III - Rd. to be measured, MSs and posts to be erected. G9.1. 1823 John King to measure the T.P. road and prepare a map or plan for use of the Trustees [See T3/51- P.R.O.]. TM. 1829 ' Proper hand posts' to be put up, Aylesbury and elsewhere with distances marked thereon -. TM. 1834 Jan The Clerk to " write to the Clerk of Oak Lane Trust stating that various improvements by shortenng the road have been made and the Tustees, presuming that similar improvements have been made on the Oak Lane Trust, wish to be informed whether the milestones on the Oak Lane Trust have been placed accurately from the last mile-stone on the Oxford Road --. TM. 1834 July " … measure distance from 18th milestone on Oxford road … to ascertain here respective milestones (to Buckingham) ought to stand". TM. 1835 24th March "….that the present milestones in this Trust be taken up, and new faced and lettered and painted, and direct they measure from the 18th milestone on the Uxbridge road from London". TM. 1858 MSs to be painted. G1.2. 1868 March Surveyor to report on state of milestones and " cost of putting them in good order". TM. 1868 October Tenders for repairing and re-writing milestones- Mr Hodgkins: at 3/- per stone accepted. TM.1871 Handposts to be painted "throughout". TM. 1966 Extract, ' Bucks Life', Nov. - Bucks Milestones. R.I. Haynes Tatling End to Amersham, C. 1750. [ Handwritten notes consulted ]. (B3).