Monument record 1466600000 - Milestone on A413 at Buckingham

Probable eighteenth to nineteenth century milestone on A413. One of 14 possible milestones (two missing) between Buckingham and Aylesbury. On Bridge Srtreet Buckingham just north of New Inn PH. May be missing as not shown on current OS maps or more recent surveys. Inscription: London 57 Aylesbury 17. Marked on 1814 OS surveyors draft drawing. On Buckingham to Winslow (C6) route. On OS 1" 1835, Bryant and Jefferies. 57: S. of Buckingham. There is no mention of milestones in Turnpike Trust's minutes 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. 1822 (July) Surveyor to give directions for Cast Iron Mile Posts on the road from Buckingham to Wendover, and Guide Posts where necOessary.TM. But see below in red. 1822 1.Surveyor to give directions for Mile Stones on "said road" to be fresh painted and letters fresh cut where necessary. 2. guideposts to be all new painted and new Posts where necessary.TM. 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. 1818 Measure of road from Wendover to Buckingham 21m. 2f. 121yds.TM. 1829 'Proper hand posts to be put up, Aylesbury and elsewhere with distances mrked thereon -.TM. 1832 Asking Mr. King for variations in distance on Wendover/Buckingham road by shortening at Padbury Br. And at Swanbourne turning.W.and B.Trust/Dup.Wis. 1834 Jan.The Clerk to "write to the Clerk of Oak Lane Trust stating that various improvements by shortening the road have been made and the Trustees,1834 J presuming that similar improvements have ben 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 where respective milestones (to Buckingham) ought to stand".TM. 1835 2 Mar. Wendover to Buckingham 22m.Dup.Wis. 1835 24 Mar. …that the present milestones in this Trust be taken up, and new faced and lettered and painted, and direct they measure the turnpike road from the 18th milestone on the Uxbridge road from London".TM. 1848 1 June Length of T.P. road 21m. 2furs. 110yds.Dup.Wis. 1858 M.S.s to be painted.GI.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 and repaired "throughout".TM. (B1)
This milestone is on The Wendover to Buckingham Turnpike Road of 1721. The route stretches from the junction of Aylesbury Road and Wharf Road in Wendover to Bridge Street in Buckingham. Milestones initiated by initial act of 1742. Jefferys' map shows a whole set of milestones from Aylesbury 36 on Aylesbury Road in Wendover to London 56 near Tesco in Buckingham. This is one of 116 surviving milestone out of a possible 230 milemarkers in Bucks known from historical sources. This was an important route to London extended eventually to Uxbridge under two new trusts - see roads 8 and 9. The 21 miles of this route managed by the Wendover to Buckingham Turnpike Trust was turnpiked in early 1751 (B2)