Building record 1482400000 - Milepost in Charndon

Summary

Probable eighteenth or nineteenth Century milepost on Buckingham to Brill road in Charndon

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Map

Type and Period (1)

  • MILEPOST (19th Century - 1800 AD to 1899 AD)

Description

Probable eighteen to nineteenth century cast iron milepost on Buckingham to Brill road in Charndon parish. Not shown 1835 OS map. Information: V.poor: (Brill 9 Buck -7 ). Illustration annotated: Metal mile posts on Buckingham to Brill road. No makers name. All similar design. (B1).
The road was not turnpiked and the milepost was placed by the highway authorities after the turnpike era in 1880s and 1890s along this C class road from Brill via Grendon Underwood to Buckingham. Of 230 posible milemarkers recorded on Jefferys' county map in Bucks, 116 survived in 2017. A standard design, called 'Bucks Pressings' by the Milestones Society was put up by the Highway Authority. 'Bucks Pressings' were plain steel pressings with two smooth white faces and markings in black paint.[Copy in HER] (B2).
Not recorded by Milestone Society in 2003 or 2010 - presumably missing. (B3).

Sources (2)

  • <1>SBC24230 Unpublished document: Dr Gimson. Undated. Manuscript notes on milestones compiled by Dr Gimson. MILE POSTS BUCKINGHAM to BRILL.
  • <2>SBC24947 Bibliographic reference: Peter Gulland. 2017. The Toll Roads of Buckinghamshire 1706-1881: With their Connections into Neighbouring Counties. p27.

Location

Grid reference SP 68114 24309 (point)
Civil Parish CHARNDON, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

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Record last edited

Nov 18 2025 12:02PM

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