Milestone on A413
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Type
Description
18th or 19th Century milestone on A413 Buckingham to Aylesbury road at Swanbourne
Probable eighteenth to nineteenth century Milestone, one of 14 recorded on Buckingham to Aylesbury road by V F Bignell ( Bletchley Archaeological and Historical Society ) in January 1964. Grey-brown stone, flat faces with some edges chamfered. Rounded tops painted white. Incised lettering painted black. 31 inches high on east side of road at Buckslow (now Buxlow) Farm. Inscription: Left face: LONDON 48 AYLESBURY 8 :Right face: BUCKINGHAM 9. [ Drawings, description and location card consulted available ] (B1).
Recorded as present in 2003 on Milestones Society website on Aylesbury to Buckingham route A413 National ID number BU_LC48. On east side of road. 'Was on grass verge between Buxlow and Neptune Farm base eroded'.28cm wide 28cm deep 71cm high. Inscription: left face: LONDON 48 AYLESBURY : centre face: BUCKINGHAM 9. [ Detailed description, photograph and location avilable ] (B2).
Confirmed by handwritten notes on evidence from 1826 ? actually Bryants map (1825) and 1'' OS map (1835) were in Bucks County Museum now in Centre for Bucks Studies. Museum number 23 sheet XXIII page 2 of notes. Inscription: London 48 Buckingham 9. On Hoggeston to Aylesbury (C6) route. 'New line 1826'. In same notes under 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 ?) also in red C1/2/3/4/5/6/7 L1 and in blue N from London." On OS 1" 1835, Bryant and Jefferies. 48: Buckslow Farm, N . of Hoggeston R in blue. Underneath ( 1st eds 61.1 ). In same notes under "C in red box: Milestones." Sketch of stone with 48 at top 9 at bottom: 48 London 9 Buckingham. 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. 15 Cont.Act - MSs to be erected.TM. 1808 Mr. Herring to be paid when "[mile]stones properly and righly spelt, are placed".TM. 1810 50 Geo.iii - Rd. to be measured MSs and posts to be erected.G.9.I. 1822 (July) Surveyor to give diections for Cast Iron Mile Posts on the road from Buckngham to Wendover, and Guide Posts where necessary.TM. But see below in red. 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.P. road and prepare a map or plan for use of the Tustees [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 stone mason for 'new facing and engraving milestones".(Treas.Acs. - Wend. and Oakham). 1832 Asking Mr. King for variations in distance on Wendover/Buckingham 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 mde 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 in this Trust be taken up, and new faced and lettered and painted, and direct they measure the turnpike road from the 18th milestone on the Uxbridge road from London".TM. 1848 1 June Length of T.P. road 21m. 2furs. 110yd.TM. 1858 MSs to be painted.GI.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 stone, accepted.TM. 1871 Handposts to be painted and repaired "throughout".TM. In pencil [GI.1 - Photos of milestones- 42,43,48]
[ Handwritten notes consulted ] (B3).
Statement of Significance
Asset type
18th or 19th Century milestone on A413 Buckingham to Aylesbury road at Swanbourne
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