Milestone on A422
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Description
18th to 19th Century milestone on A422 at Westbury
Probable eighteenth or nineteenth century milestone on A422 in Brackley Road Westbury. Recorded on Milestones Society survey website as present in 2003 on Buckingham to Brackley route National ID number BU_LCN62. On south side of Brackley Road in ditch between verge and road. To west of turn for Grove farm. Bench mark and rivet on top.'Plate come off and top 10cm of stone snapped'. 46cm wide 15cm deep 78cm high. Inscription badly painted '? says Brackley 2 Buckingham 6'. [Detailed description, location and photograph] (B1).
Confirmed by handwritten notes on maps were in Bucks County Museum now in Centre for Bucks Studies. Under C7 Milestones on Ground A422 Buckingham - Brackley. 1" OS map (1835) milestone number 63. Inscription : Buck-ham 6 Brackley 2. Drawing of sample stone with metal plate and OS number above plate. In same notes under C7 Buckingham - Brackley Turnpike Survey A422. " Plate missing stone in good order" March 1989 Bucks CC Engineers Dept. Inscription as above. In same notes under Milestones - Types " Buckingham to Brackley C.7 (A.422). Stone. Flat face parallel to road, with square metal plate. Most with bench mark.". Note O.S. maps will show present positions- may not coincide with historical positions". See Buckinghamshire Milestones article R.I.E. Haynes. Attached to L1 C7 in red boxes BCC Engineers Dept ( Maintainance Division ) Mr Hoxley Highways Superintendant Mr Churchwood. Promised to look at stones, report missing plates to police and try to arrange for replacements to be made. Also said that other plates had been stolen on A5 and A422 towards N. Pagnell. AHB 31 March '89. 88849 Victoria Coronation/Accession: 22 June 1837/ 14/15: Date of turnpike from - 1851/1852. In pencil: See Road C in red box. Also further on A422 road. Reported loss to Andrew Pike, Sites and Mons Bucks Mus. - 10 April 89. [Handwritten notes and illustration] (B2).
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18th to 19th Century milestone on A422 at Westbury
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