Milestone on A422
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18th to 19th Century milestone on A422 in Turweston parish next to old railway may be missing
Probable eighteenth or nineteenth century milestone on A422 in Turweston east of dismantled railway line and just west of Glebe Farme. On current OS. Confirmed by handwritten notes 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 64. Inscription : Buck-ham 7 Brackley 1. Drawing of sample stone with metal plate ' no 'OS survey mark above plate' on this milestone. Also under C7 Buckingham- Brackley Turnpike Survey A422 " missing entirely ? removed when railway built or Brackley by-pass" 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 Buckingham Milestones article R.I.E. Haynes. Also attached to L1 C7 in red box. 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 plate had been stolen on A5 and A422 towards N. Pagnell. AHB 31 March '89. 88849 Victoria Coronation/Accession 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. [ Handwritten notes and drawing consulted ] (B1).
In Peter Gullands extensive study on The Toll Roads of Buckinghamshire this milestone was on the Banbury and Brackley Turnpike Road 1791 p.225. These milestones were unusual in Bucks thin stones with curved tops and metal plate screwed on the front with capital letters on. The metal plates were all stolen in the 1980s, now only 3 survive at all in Bucks. Sources suggest a possible 230 mile markers in Bucks 160 survive. During WW2 some milestones were removed and not all went back. (B2).
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18th to 19th Century milestone on A422 in Turweston parish next to old railway may be missing
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