Building record 1473000000 - Milestone on A422

Probable eighteenth to nineteenth century milestone on A 422 just west of Buckingham described as MS (Old) on 'All Historic Layers' database and as stone on current OS. No mileage but benchmark recorded close by. ? Is same as missing milestone should be outside ' Cox and Robinson' mentioned in handwritten notes as missing entirely inscription BUCK 1 BRACK 7 SMR no 1473100000. Also may be in same notes under Milestones- Types Buckingham to Brackley - C7 (A422). 'Stone. Flat face parallel to road, with square metal plate. Most with bench mark.' Note O.S. maps will show present positions - may not coincide with historical positions. On OS maps and ? Under title C7 Buckingham to Brackley Turnpike Survey 31 March 1988. In same notes under "C7. Milestones on Ground (A 422) ( Buckingham - Brackley )". NGR: no sign: Parish: - . Number on 1" OS 1835 58: No sign on ground. Location available on OS. See Buckinghamshire Milestones article R.I.E. Haynes. Also attached to L1 C7 BCC Engineers Dept Mr Hoxley Highways Superintendant Mr Churchwood promised to look at stones, report missing plates to police, and try to arrange for replacements to be made. Also said that other plates had been stolen on A5 and A422 towards Newport Pagnell. AHB 31 March '89. 88849 Victoria Coronation/ Accession 22 June 1837 14/ 15: date of turnpike from - 1851/ 1852 in pencil see road C in red ink box also further on A422 road. Reported loss to Andrew Pike , Sites + Mons Bucks Mus. - 10 April 1989. [Handwritten notes and illustration consulted in HER] (B1).
In Peter Gullands extensive report on The Toll Roads of Buckinghamshire 1706-1881 with their connections into neighbouring counties 2017. This milestone was on The Banbury and Brackley Turnpike Road 1791 p.225 road 17. Until 1851 this was 15 and a half miles long 6 and a half in miles in Bucks. This road originally started from Buckingham Town Hall but was moved to Buckingham Parish boundary in 1811. The western end was always Banbury.The stones were unusual for Bucks thin stone slabs with bowed tops and metal plates screwed to front face with capital letters. All had their metal plates stolen in the 1980s now just 3 stones in total are left in Bucks without plates. Outside Bucks 3 survive one just outside Buckingham two near Brackley. In WW2 milemarkers were were removed for security and weren't always put back or back in wrong place. Records of 116 milemarkers are left in Bucks out of a possible 230 from ancient records. Now mostly A422 in Bucks. When the trusts closed in the 1880s and 1890s the Highway Authorities either district or council or parish gradually replaced missing or damage milemarkers on some roads with a standardised metal post which the Milestones Society calls Bucks Pressings. Two white faces wih black paint lettering. One of important routes to and from London through Uxbride Aylesbury Buckingham Aynho to Banbury turnpked early see roads 5 7 and 8 in this publcation. 5 and a half of miles new road at Wesrcott flatter. [Copy in HER] (B2).