Milepost in Wotton Underwood
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Type
Description
18th or 19th Century milepost on Buckingham to Brill road in Wotton Underwood
Probable eighteenth to nineteenth century metal milepost in Kingswood Road Wotton Underwood. Confirmed by Milestones Society website recorded as present in 2003 in 2010. National ID number BU-BRBU04 on Brill to Buckingham Route. On east side side of unclassified road. Difficult to record in V in hedge. 96cm high: 52cm wide: 28cm deep.Inscription difficult to read: L Brill 4: R Buckingham 12: Wotton Underwood on top. On current OS not on " All Historical Database". [ Location,description and photograph available ] (B1).
Confirmed by handwritten notes including some field surveys in the 1980s under: " MILE POSTS. BUCKINGHAM to BRILL. ( Max Davies only )". NGR: 684 177: parish: Wooton Number on 1" OS 1835: none. Information: Good: metal mile post: painted letters all clear. Illustration as over ( Brill 4 Buck- 12 ). Illustration annotated: Metal mile posts on Buckingham to Brill road. No makers name. All similar design. Brill on L Buckingham on R parish on top. [ Handwritten notes consulted ] (B2).
Statement of Significance
Asset type
18th or 19th Century milepost on Buckingham to Brill road in Wotton Underwood
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