Milestone on A413
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18th to 19th Century milestone on A413 Aylesbury Road in Wendover
Probable eighteenth or nineteenth century milestone beside A413 north of Wendover. Squared stone pillar 27-30 inches high and 12 inches deep with chamfered top with incised OS benchmark. Incised inscription with black paint 'TO LONDON 36' on side facing road and 'TO AYLESBURY 4 MILES' on north side. The milepost appears to have been rotated or moved across the road as the Aylesbury inscription is facing towards Aylesbury. [Drawings, location and photographs] (B1).
Recorded on Milestones Society survey website (updated 2010) as present in 2003. National ID number BU_LC36 on Amersham to Aylesbury route. On A413 on Aylesbury Road, Wendover outside recreation ground. On east side of road. 29cm wide, 29cm deep, 71cm high. 'Marked pitting of base'. Inscription: left: TO AYLESBURY 4 MILES : front: TO LONDON 36. [Detailed description, photograph and location] (B2).
Confirmed by notes on OSD Surveyors Drawings (1814) and OS 6 inch (1885). On Aylesbury to Wendover road towards Amersham (C4) In same records 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 postions- may not coincide with historical positions. Also under "MILESTONES ( In site 1986 except ? ) and in red C1/ 2/3/4/5/6/7 L1." On OS 1" 1835, Jefferies and Bryant. N. Wendover - Level Crossing Gate. In same notes under Milestones C in red box. In pencil [ No mention of milestones in TM 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. 1822 July Surveyor to give directions for Cast Iron Mile Posts on the road from Buckingham to Wendover, and guide posts here 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 newpainted and new posts where necessary.TM. 1823 John King to measure the T.P. 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. 2fur. 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 milestones".(Treas. A/cs - Wend. To Oakham). 1832 Asking Mr. King for variations in distance on Wendover/Buckingham road by shortening at Padbury Br. And at Swanboune turning.W+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. 1858 MSs to be painted.GI.2. 1863 Hand posts by the World's End at Wendover to be painted.TM. 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 stone, 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. J.E. [ Handwritten notes consulted ] (B3).
In Peter Gullands extensive study The Toll Roads of Buckinghamshire 1706-1881 this milestone is on The Wendover and Buckingham Turnpike Road 1721 p99. One of 116 milemarkers in Bucks out of a possible 230 according to sources. From the junction of Aylesbury and Wharf Road Wendover to north of London Bridge Road in Buckingham. Milestones from London 36 South Street Wendover to 56 near Tescoes supermarket Buckingham. Jefferies shows complete sequence of 21, 15 survive 300 yards north because re-sitng in 1835 because of shortening futher south, 57 was removed after 1835. Square with pyramidal top inscription two faces placed at angle to road trianglar wedge in back. Incised capital letters give distance to London . Not all on same side of road maybe not replaced properly after WW 2. No complete change so piecemal replacements where necessary. [ Copy in HER ] (B4).
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18th to 19th Century milestone on A413 Aylesbury Road in Wendover
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