HeritageGateway - Home
Site Map
Text size: A A A
You are here: Home > > > > Historic Milestone Society Database Result
Historic Milestone Society DatabasePrintable version | About Historic Milestone Society Database | Visit Historic Milestone Society Database online...

Milestone, London Road; Loudwater, SW exit of traffic island by Tesco's

View this record at the Archaeology Data Service


Description:Milestone, London Road; Loudwater, SW exit of traffic island by Tesco's, A40, S side, on wide grass verge beside path. Carved stone post, Beaconsfield diamond pillar design, erected by Beaconsfield & Stokenchurch turnpike trust, 18th century. Inscription reads: // XXVIII / Miles to / London / 1744 //Oxford / 28 / - / Wycombe / 3 //London / 28 / - / Uxbridge / 11 //BRAYSHAW & BOOTH / MAKERS / LIVERSEDGE //. Grade II listed by Historic England. Milestone Society National ID: BU_LW26. Last record: 2001. (See www.milestonesociety.co.uk)
Named Location:London Road; Loudwater, SW exit of traffic island by Tesco's
Parish:Chepping Wycombe
District:Wycombe
County:Buckinghamshire
Grid reference:SU90509059
Map reference: [ EPSG:27700 ] 490500, 190590
Period/Subjects:18TH CENTURY - MILESTONE
Identifiers:[ ADS ] Depositor ID - BU_LW26
[ ADS ] Associated ID - NHLE List Entry Number: 1125631

People Involved:

  • [ Publisher ] Historic Milestone Society
  • [ Creator ] A Rosevear & J Higgins