Milestone on A422
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18th to 19th Century milestone on A422 Brackley Road at Buckingham may be missing
Probable eighteenth to nineteenth century milestone missing on A422 on Brackley Road Buckingham. Confirmed by handwritten notes under C7 Buckingham-Brackley Turnpike Survey A422 March 1989 'missing entirely at entrance to Cox and Robinson'. Notes on maps which were in Bucks County Museum now in Centre for Bucks Studies. Inscription : Buck 1 Brack 7. 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. ? Same as MS (old) at parish boundary recorded on 'All Historic Layers' datbase and as stone on current OS position taken from this. No mileage obvious on AHL so cannot be absolutely confirmed. See 1473000000. [ Handwritten notes consulted ] (B1).
In Peter Gullands extensive volume on The Toll Roads of Buckinghamshire 1706-1881 this milestone was on The Banbury and Brackley Turnpike Road 1791 p.225. Unusual stone design for Bucks thin stones slabs with curved top raised capital lettering on metal plate on front face. Almost all intact till 1980s when metal plates stolen, all but 3 now vanished in Bucks. In WW2 many milestones were removed some not put back at all or accurately. Bucks has 116 out of a possible mile 230 markers in place. (B2).
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18th to 19th Century milestone on A422 Brackley Road at Buckingham may be missing
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