Milepost on A404
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18th to 19th Century milepost on A404 at Stanley Hill Amersham may be missing
Probable eighteenth to nineteenth century 'cast iron' metal milepost part of 'gout route' may be missing on Stanley Hill Amersham. North of Amersham Common. Not found in Chilterns Milestone Survey in 1995 or latest Milestones Society Survey updated in 2010. Not on current OS map but confirmed by handwritten notes on 1" OSD Map (1835) Bucks County Museum number 43 sheet XLIII now in Centre for Bucks Studies. Position estimated from 'All Historic Layers Database'. Inscription: Amersham 1 : Rickmansworth 7. On Amersham to Rickmansworth (F1) route. On page 5 of notes. Recorded as not found on page F of same document under Mile Stones [Hatfield] Chenies to Henley - "Gout Track". Number 1 on 1" OS (1835). [ Handwritten notes consulted ] (B1).
Accordig to Peter Gullands extensive studty TheToll Raods of Buckinghamshire 1706-1881 2017. This milepost is on The Reading and Hatfield Turnpike Road 1767 p.175.
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18th to 19th Century milepost on A404 at Stanley Hill Amersham may be missingDate Listed
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