Old Milestone by the A40 near Piddington
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Old Milestone by the A40 near Piddington
Image: © A Rosevear & J Higgins Taken: 1 Aug 2002
Carved stone post by the A40, in parish of Piddington and Wheeler End (Wycombe District), Wycombe Road; in front of Dashwood Arms PH at Chipps Hill junction, where older road forms lay-by, on wide grass verge between old road and new road, on South side of road. Beaconsfield diamond pillar, erected by the Beaconsfield & Stokenchurch turnpike trust in the 18th century. Inscription reads:- : Oxford / 21 / - / Tetsworth / 9 / - : : London / 33 / - / Wycombe / 4 : Carved benchmark lower left. Buckinghamshire HER. HER Number: 1353800000 https://www.heritagegateway.org.uk/Gateway/Results_Single.aspx?uid=MBC25371&resourceID=1024 Milestone Society National ID: BU_LW33
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Image Location
Latitude
51.641704
Longitude
-0.834329