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Probable eighteenth to nineteenth century milestone on A413 in Chalfont St Peter south of junction on Gravel Hill. Recorded as present in 2003 on Milestones Society website on Uxbridge to Amersham route National ID number BU_LC21. 38cm wide 32cm wide 49 cm high on east side of road .'On ivy covered bank layers of old paint'. Not on current OS map but on County First edition1:2500 1876-1885. Inscription: front: LONDON 21 CHALFONT ST PETER . [ Detailed description, location and photograph available ] (B1).
Confirmed by handwritten notes on microfiched OSD surveyors drawings (1814) and OS 1" county map (1835) were in Bucks County Museum now in Centre for Bucks Studies. Museum number 48 sheet XLVIII page 6 of notes. Inscription: London: 21. On Amersham to Denham (C2) route. In same notes under Milestones - Types "1/2 mile from River Colne to Aylesbury - C2,C3,C4. Stone Flat face parallel to road. 4- sided. Except- Bedgrove (London 39)- angled to road, lettered on 2 sides. Note O.S. maps will show present position-may not coincide with historical positions." In same notes under "MILESTONES (In site 1986 except ?) In red C1/2/3/4/5/6/7 L1" On OS 1" 1835, Bryant and Jefferys. 21: ? Bottom of hill. (Waggon and Horses). In same notes Milestones - C in red box. In pencil [No mention of milestones in TMs up to 1808] 1741 Geo.II c. 15 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. G9.1. 1823 John King to measure the T.P. road nd prepare a map or plan for use of the Trustees [See T3/51- P.R.O.].TM.1829 ' Proper hand posts' to be put up, Aylesbury and elsewhere with distances marked on thereon.TM. 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 milestoness on the Oak Lane Trust have been placed accurately from the last mile-stone on the Oxford Road….".TM. [ Handwritten notes consulted ] (B2).

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