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Monument Type(s):

• MILESTONE (18th Century to 19th Century - 1700 AD? to 1899 AD?)

Associated Finds: none recorded

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Full description

Probable eighteenth to nineteenth century mlestone on A413 Buckingham to Aylesbury road in outskirts of Aylesbury almost opposite Whaddon Chase. One of 14 recorded on 3 cards on this road by V.F. Bignell [ Bletchley Archaeological and Historical Society ] in January 1964. Grey brown stone in very poor condition on east side of road. 31 inches high, lettering not visible. Reported as not recorded on OS map but is present. [ Sample drawings, description and location available ]. (B1)
Recorded as present in 2003 on Milestone Society website Aylesbury to Buckingham route A413 National ID number BU_LC40. On east side of road inscription coverd in moss ? LONDON 40 on side, carved benchmark on front. 'Outside no.220 Buckingham road on wide grass verge set in concrete stone undercut'. 32 cm wide, 32cm deep, 48cm high. [Detailed description, photograph and location] (B2).
Confirmed by handwritten notes in HER under title Milestones-Types 'N Aylesbury to Buckingham - C5, C6.' Stone - 5-sided. Angled to road, lettered on 2 sides.' Note O.S. maps will show present positions- may not coincide with historical positions. In same notes under " MILESTONES (in site 1986 except ?) and in red C2/2/3/4/5/6/7 L1." On OS 1" 1835, Bryant and Jefferies. 41: E. of turn to Hungary Farm (? In blue). Note that mileage coincides with CBA record cards but not Milestones Society record. In same notes under Milestones with C in red box. In pencil [No mention of milestones in TMs up to 1808]. 1741 Geo.II c. Cont. Act - MSs to be erected .TM. 1808 Mr.Herring to be paid when "[mile]stones properly and rightly spelt, are placed".TM. 1810 50 Geo.III - Rd. to be measured, MSs and posts to be erected G.9.1. 1822 (July) Surveyor to give directions for Cast Iron Mile Posts on the road from Buckingham to Wendoverand Guide Posts where necessary.TM. 1822 (Oct.) 1. Surveyor to give directions for Mile Stones on "said road" to be fresh painted and letters fresh cut where necessary. 2. Guide Posts to be all new painted and new posts where necessary.TM. 1823 John King to measure the T.R. road and prepare a map or plan for use of the Trustees [See T3/51- P.R.O.].TM 1828 Measure of road from Wendover to Buckingham 21m. 2f. 121yds.TM. 1829 'Proper hand posts' to be put up, Aylesbury and elsewhere with distances marked thereon.TM. 1831 £8:8:0 to stonemason for "new facing and engraving ".(Treas.A/Cs - Wend.and Oakham). 1832 Asking Mr.King for variations in distance on Wendover/Buckinham road by shortening at Padbury Br. And at Swanbourne turning. W.and B. trust/Dup.Wis. 1834 Jan. The Clerk to "write to the Clerk of Oak Lane Trust stating that various improvements by shortening the road have been made and the Trustees, presuming that similar improvements have been made on the Oak Lane Trust, wish to be informed whether the milestones on the Oak Lane Trust have been placed accurately from the last mile-stone on the Oxford Road ….".TM 1834 July "…measure distance from 18th milestone on Oxford road…to ascertain where respective milestones to Buckingham ought to stand".TM. 1835 2 Mar. Wendover to Buckingham 22m.Dup.Wis. 1835 24 Mar. "…. That the present milestones n this Trust be taken up, and new facd and lettered and painted, and direct they measure the turpike road from the 18th milestone on the Uxbridge road from London".TM. 1848 June Length of T.P. road 21m 2fur. 110yds.Dup.Wis. 1858 MSs to be painted.G1.2. 1868 March Surveyor to report on state of milestones and "cost of putting them in good order".TM. 1868 October Tenders for repairing and re-writing milestones- Mr.Hodgkins; at 3/- per staone accepted.TM. 1871 Handposts to be painted and repaired "throughout".TM. 1966 Extract, 'Bucks Life', Nov. Bucks. Milestones, R.I. Haynes "…. Original road Amersham to Aylesbury….can be traced by milestones 30 and 31 at Missenden". In red Now on by-pass.JE. [ Handwritten notes consulted ] (B3).

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