Barkway 23 Buckland 17 Reed 23

Paths Greenways Bridleways Tracks
PG: OBJECTS: PROMOTION: Buckland 17 BW, Reed 23 BW and Barkway 23 RB

Annotated map reproduced courtesy of Googlemaps.

This route starts on the road from Buckland to Barkway as Buckland 17 bridleway. At the parish boundary it becomes Reed 23 bridleway, and at the next parish boundary it becomes Barkway 23 restricted byway and leads to the junction of Church Lane and Barkway 5 bridleway.

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Legal History
1844: Buckland 17 was shown on the Buckland tithe map as not subject to an apportionment.
1 Nov 1953: Barkway 23 was recorded as CRF (Carriage Road used as a Footpath) on the original definitive map and statement. Reed 23 and Buckland 17 were not recorded at that time.
1 Nov 1989: Buckland 17 bridleway was created by a public path creation agreement between the Hertfordshire County Council and Cokenach Estate Ltd under s.25 Highways Act 1980.
2 May 2006: Restricted Byway rights were confirmed or created on Barkway 23 by virtue of ss 47 and 48 Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000.
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Definitive Statement (4 Dec 2015)
Path: [Barkway] 23. Status: Restricted Byway. Definitive Map sheet: 8
Commences from junction of BR5, FP7 and Church Lane thence SW and W along lane and northern edge of Strawberry Grove to parish boundary.
Path: [Reed] 23. Status: Bridleway. Definitive Map sheets: 8, 15
Commences from Restricted Byway 23 Barkway Parish, thence south along west side of field boundary into Buckland Parish.
Path: [Buckland] 17. Status: Bridleway. Definitive Map sheet: 15
Commences from junction with BR 23 (Parish of Reed) and Parish Boundary at Grid Ref: TL3710 3465, thence in a southerly direction for a distance of 304 metres to junction with Buckland to Barkway Road at Grid Ref: TL3704 3435.
Width: 3m.