Building record 1471900000 - Milespost on old A404

Probable eighteenth to ninrteenth Century cast iron milepost on old A404 at Burroughs Grove on gout route on on sheet 47 in hand written notes compiled on milestones by Dr Gimson from maps and surveyors drawings from musuem now in Centre for Bucks studies. Page 6 sheet XLVII. [Read in HER] (B1)
In Peter Gullands exxtensive study of The Toll Roads of Buckinghamshire 1706-1881 with their connections into neighbouring counties 2017. This is on The Reading and Hatfield Turnpike Road 1767 road 13 p.175. Duing WW2 milemarkers were removed for security reasons and sometimes not replaced or put back in wrong place. After trusts closed in 1880s or 1890s on some roads with missing milemarkers a standardised metal post with 2 white faces with black paint that the Milestones Society calls Bucks Pressings. This is one of 116 modern records compared with 230 in ancient sorces according to PG. Original milestones thin tall milestones two as gateposts in Flackwell Heath and one in Chilterns open air museum from Chalfont St Giles and two in Terriers.They predate the trust and were taken over by the trust.This may be the gout ruote and was set up by they landowner for a better route to Bath leaving Hatfield House and detour to Cassioberry House near Watford. Now broken up into several routes including this section old A404 near Marlow. PG dos not think gout route is historic just a 19th century epiphet 22 1/2 miles in Bucks.They replaced the old stones with an order of 50 stones with capital lettes then replaced these with 50 cast iron mileposts wih triangular top and Hatfield on top by Wilder and Sons of Reading probably in early 19th century according to PG. Also PG says the gout title is late 20th C epiphet. This was on the branch from Marlow up Knowl Hll to Burchetts Green. Connections with other routes in this in this publication. Marlow Bottom has replacement milepost called Bucks Pressing on this route. [Copy in HER] (B2).