Milepost on A413
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Type
Description
18th or 19th Century milepost on A413 halfway between Buckingham and Towcester, may be missing
Probable eighteenth to nineteenth century metal milepost may be missing. Confirmed by handwritten notes on OS draft Surveyors Drawings (1814 ) and OS 1 inch (1835). Buckingham to Towcester route (I2). Inscription: Buckingham 5 Towcester 5. Not on current OS but shown on historic OS mapping in Lillingstone Lovell parish. [Handwritten notes] (B1).
In Peter Gullands extensive study of The Toll Roads of Buckinghamshire 1706-1881 this milepost is on the Buckingham to Towester Turnpike Road 1824 p.283. There are 5 1/4 miles in Bucks from High Street and Moreton Road junction in Buckingham. Cast iron mileposts with raised capital letters installed by the turnpike trust. Only one left is in Maids Moreton Village. This is one of 230 milemarkers in Bucks according to Jeferies, 160 have modern records. During WW2 milemarkers were removed for security and were not always put back correctly or at all. The milepost on a house in Lillingstone Lovell village is a concrete replica but does not look so authentic as the real post (B2).
Statement of Significance
Asset type
18th or 19th Century milepost on A413 halfway between Buckingham and Towcester, may be missing
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