Milestone on A413
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18th or 19th Century milestone on A413 Buckingham Road at Weedon
Probable eighteenth to nineteenth century milestone on A413 Buckingham to Aylesbury road at Weedon Hill. One of 14 recorded on this road on 3 cards by V.F. Bignell [ Bletchley Archaeological and Historical Society ] in January 1964. Grey brown stone with some edges chamfered. Flat faces and pointed top painted white. Inscription incised with black painted leters. On east side of road 29 inches high with benchmark removed and possible shield depression.Inscription: Left face: LONDON 42 AYLESBURY 2 WEEDON . Right face : LONDON 42 BUCKINGHAM 15 WEEDON. [ Sample drawings, description and location available ]. (B1)
Recorded as present in 2003 on Milestone Society website on Aylesbury to Buckingham route National ID number BC_LC42. On east side of A413 by Weedon Hill Farm. ' Close to bus stop on wide grass verge'. 30cm wide, 30cm deep, 72cm high. Inscription: left face: LONDON 42 AYLESBURY: centre face : LONDON 42 BUCKINGHAM 15 WEEDON. Carved benchmark top back with ' moss in hollowed top'. [ Detailed description, photograph and location available ] (B2).
Confirmed by handwritten notes on microfiched OSD surveyor's drawings (1814) and 1" OS map (1835) were in Bucks County Museum now in Centre for Bucks Studies. Museum number 28 sheet XXVIII page 3 of notes. Inscription: London 42 Buckingham 15. On Aylesbury to Weedon (C5) route Also in same notes under Milestones-Types ' N Aylesbury to Buckingham- C5, C6. Stone- 5 - sided. Angled to road, lettered on 2 sides. In same notes under " MILESTONES ( In site 1986 except ? ) and in red C1/2/3/4/5/6/7 L1." On OS 1" 1835, Bryant and Jefferies . 42: S. of ' Horse and Jockey ' Weedon Hill in blue: underneath: (1st ED 61.1 ). In same notes under "C in red box : Milestones". Sketch of stone with 42 at top 2 at bottom: 42 London 2 Aylesbury. In same notes under Milestones Cin red box. In pencil [No mention of milestones in TMs up to 1008]. 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 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 Trustees.[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 there on.TM. 1831 £8:8:0 to stonemason for"new facing and engraving milestones".(Treas.A/cs. - 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 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. 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. 2fur. 110yds.Dup. Wis. 1858 MSs to be painted.GI.2. 1868 March Surveyor to report on state of milestone and "cost of putting tem 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
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18th or 19th Century milestone on A413 Buckingham Road at Weedon
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