Milestone on A404
Location/Address
None recorded
Type
Description
18th or 19th Century milestone on A404 at Terriers Green, used as gatepost
Probable eighteenth to nineteenth century milestone on A404 Amersham Road at Terriers Green. Recorded as present in 2002 on Milestones Society survey website on Wycombe to Amersham route National ID number BU_RGHT21x. One of a pair of gate posts. Opposite The Beech PH on north side of road.' Pillar shaped stone snapped then stuck in cement.' 25cm wide 25cm deep 90cm high. Not recorded on current OS map but in original site on 1st edition 1:2500 with inscription Amersham 6 Wycombe 1 recorded. Present site recorded using GPS recordings from website. ' Letters just discernable but not readable. Presumably replaced by by metal posts'. Other post on website National ID number BU_RGHT21y SMR record 143220000. [ Detailed description, location and photograph available ] (B1).
Confirmed by handwritten notes of microfiched OSD Surveyors Drawings (1814) and one inch OS map (1835) Bucks County Museum Number XLII sheet 42 now in Centre for Bucks Studies. High Wycombe, Hazelmere, Amersham (F3/F4) route. Inscription: Amersham 6 Wycombe 1. On page 5 of notes. Recorded as not found on page F of notes under title Mile Stones [Hatfield] Chenies to Henley - " Gout Track". But see above. Number 1 on 1" OS (1835). [ Handwritten notes consulted ] (B2).
Statement of Significance
Asset type
18th or 19th Century milestone on A404 at Terriers Green, used as gatepost
Date Listed
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