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This route runs from Hexton Road generally northeastwards along the Icknield Way to the Offley parish boundary. The route straddles the parish and county boundary in places and so has multiple path numbers. We need a volunteer to photograph this route for this year's Access and Riding Rights of Way Survey. It's easy - just take photographs (safely) when you use the path. Find out more!

Legal History 1837: Hexton 10 was shown on the Hexton tithe map as part of parcel 196, a road owned by the surveyor of highways and not subject to an apportionment. 1938: The route is shown as a green lane on the Hertfordshire County Council ROW survey. Map Hitchin Rural West 6 (Herts 9 NW). 1 Nov 1953: The route was not recorded on the original definitive map and statement in Hexton, but part of it was recorded as Lilley 8 CRF (Carriage Road used as a Footpath). DM sheet DM4-27 (Herts 11 NW). 31 Dec 1977: The route was shown as Lilley 8 byway and Liley 24 bridleway on the special review draft map and statement, but objections were made so the route was unaltered. DM sheet SR-19 (TL12NW). 28 Aug 1997: The Hertfordshire County Council (Hexton 10, Lilley 24, Offley 53 and Shillington 61 (Bedfordshire)) Modification Order 1997 (confirmed 5 Feb 1998) recorded the route as a byway open to all traffic and set out its width.

Definitive Statement (4 Dec 2015) Path: [Hexton] 10.  Status: BOAT.  Definitive Map sheet: 85 Commences from junction with Lilley-Hexton road at TL 1088 2825 thence NE for approx. 50m to the junction with BR 7 Lilley at TL 1093 2828, continuing NE for approx. 900m to the junction with BR 3 Hexton and BR 9 Lilley W of Telegraph Hill at TL 1161 2878, thence NE up Telegraph Hill for approximately 330m to a junction with BOAT 61 Shillington (Beds.) at the County Boundary, TL 1184 2894. This route is also known as BOAT 24 Lilley (part). Width: Between 12.2-38m as shown on the plan forming part of the Hertfordshire County Council (Hexton 10, Lilley 24, Offley 53 and Shillington 61 (Bedfordshire)) Modification Order 1997 Path: [Lilley] 24.  Status: BOAT.  Definitive Map sheet: 13 Commences from junction with Lilley-Hexton road at TL 1088 2825 thence NE for approx. 50m to the junction with BR 7 Lilley at TL 1093 2828, continuing NE for approx. 900m to the junction with BR 9 Lilley and BR 3 Hexton W of Telegraph Hill at TL 1161 2878, thence NE up Telegraph Hill and across Lilley Hoo for approximately 580m to a junction with BR20 Lilley and BOAT 53 Offley at TL 1206 2906. Between the Lilley-Hexton Road and the Bedfordshire boundary the route is also known as BOAT 10 Hexton; the remainder of the route runs parallel with BOAT 61 Shillington (Beds.). Width: Between 16-38m from the Lilley-Hexton Road to the junction with the Beds. boundary; and 6.1m being the Herts moiety as shown on the plan forming part of the Hertfordshire County Council (Hexton 10, Lilley 24, Offley 53 and Shillington 61 (Bedfordshire)) Modification Order 1997

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