Monument record 1506900000 - Milepost on A41 at Aston Clinton

19th century milepost on A41 in Aston Clinton opposite 51 Aylesbury Road. Marked on 1825 Bryant map, 1835 OS 1-inch map and on current OS mapping. London 35 Aylesbury 3. 1820 Erection of MPs (Sparrows Herne Trust) Mileposts 33, 35, 36 & 37 still visible. 1966 Extract "Bucks Life", Nov. - Bucks Milestones, R.I.E. Haynes, MPs Ayl./Bicester, 1833. Mileposts were marked with mileage to London on top, parish below, Ayles to right from road (B1).
This milemarker was on The Sparows Herne Tunpike Road of 1792. Called Sparrows Herne Trust after a road in Chalfont. Mile markers in heart of oak in 1764, then sometime in 1880s were changed to mileposts manufactured by R. Barrett to a model based on those on the Bath Road. Sparrows Herne Trust was one of the few trusts to change to metal mileposts so late in the life of the trust. In 2017 116 mile markers survive in Buckinkinghamshire out of a possble 230 recorded in historical sources. Some mileposts were still there at 31 and 37 miles from London, on the south side of the road in Tring and Aylesbury (B2).