Milepost on B4011
Location/Address
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Type
Description
18th or 19th Century milepost on B4011 at Boarstall
Probable eighteenth to nineteenth century cast iron milepost on the B4011 in Boarstal parish. Recorded as present in 2010 on Milestones Society website on Thame to Blackthorn route National ID number BU_THBC07.' On grass verge on Foresters Lane in Boarstall Wood '. On west side of road 52cm wide 35cm deep 90cm high Inscription: left: BICESTER 7 MILES : right: THAME 7 MILES: top changed from OAKLEY PARISH to BOARSTALL PARISH. [ Detailed description, location and photograph available ] (B1).
Confirmed by handwritten notes on 1" county OS map (1835) was in Bucks County Museum now in Centre for Bucks Studies. Museum number 18 sheet XXVI page 7 of notes. Inscription: Bicester 7 Thame 7. On Blackthorn to Long Crendon (N) route On All Historic layers database as Bicester 8 Thame 7. In same notes under ' MILE STONES [ N.} Thame to Blackthorn'. NGR: 633 135. Parish: Boarstall. No number on 1" OS 1835. Information: Good: cast iron mile post: some painted letters. Illustration as below. ( T. 7 B. 7 ). Boarstall parish on top. [ Handwritten notes and illustration consulted ] (B2).
Statement of Significance
Asset type
18th or 19th Century milepost on B4011 at Boarstall
Date Listed
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