Milestone on A40
Location/Address
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Type
Description
18th or 19th Century milestone on A40 west of West Wycombe near Myze Farm
Probable eighteenth to nineteenth century milestone on A40 west of West Wycombe Stone pillar 30 to 34 inches tall 151/2 to 16 inches deep with chamfered top. Front parallel to road. 'Inscription not that clear'. Front:' XXXII ??. West: O..I…(Oxford) 21 Tet…h (Tetsworth) 12. South: L…(London) 30 ? W…be (Wycombe) 4 ?'. East illegible. [ Drawings, location and photographs available ] (B1).
Recorded as present in 2002 on Milestones Society survey website on Uxbridge to Stokenchurch route National ID number BU_LW32. On south side of A40 in West Wycombe parish east of Myze Farm on the Oxford Road. ' On wide grass verge '.41 cm wide 40 cm deep 89cm high. Inscription: left: XXXII Miles from OXFORD: front: XXXII Miles LONDON: right: Oxford 22 Tetsworth 12 : back: ' remains of London 32 Wycombe 3 '.' Lichen all over'. [ Detailed description, location and photograph available ] (B2).
Confirmed by handwritten notes on microfiched OSD Surveyors Drawings (1814) and OS 1 inch (1835) Oxford to W. Wycombe route (B5) at junction with A40 page 5 of notes.Bucks County Museum number XLI sheet 41 now in Centre for Bucks Studies. Inscription: London 32 : Oxford 22. In same notes under J in red box. Milestones. 1835 Bryant - Marked from W. Wycombe to Bushey Leys. On current OS. Also under B in red box. Milestones. 1788 Jefferys - nos. 16 - 34. 1825 Bryant - nos. 16 - 34. 1835 - O.S. 1" - . nos. 16 -37 (alteration of county boundary). See also underlined in blue. 1814 O.S.D. Surveyors Drawings. (microfiche) Mileages written on map. 1885 O.S. 6" - positions marked and mileages written in. R.I.E. Haynes - "Bucks Milestones" Extract 'Bucks Life' (Nov 1966). [ Handwritten notes consulted ] (B3).
Statement of Significance
Asset type
18th or 19th Century milestone on A40 west of West Wycombe near Myze Farm
Date Listed
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