Wyddial Moles Lane

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PG: OBJECTS: PROMOTION: Wyddial Moles Lane
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Annotated map reproduced courtesy of Googlemaps.	This route starts at the end of the metalled Moles Lane, next to the entrance to the farm. It runs generally southwards to a junction with Wyddial 9 bridleway. It then turns generally eastwards to a junction with Buntingford 4 bridleway and along this route to end at a junction with Wyddial 10 bridleway.
View from junction BW 4 and 10 7 Mar 2021	Sign at eastern 'corner' 7 Mar 2021	View west towards BW 9 7 Mar 2021	Sign at junction with BW 9 7 Mar 2021	View north from BW 9 7 Mar 2021
As part of the British Horse Society's and the Ramblers' work to record paths before Path Extinguishment Day, it was spotted that Buntingford 4 did not reach the road (Moles Lane) as shown on the county council's List of Streets. The historical evidence showed a continuous route from the metalled part of Moles Lane to Buntingford 4, so an application was made in 2021 to record the gap.
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Legal History
1927: The route is shown on the map of main and county roads compiled by Hertfordshire County Council.
1950: The route is shown as a county road on a map of accidents compiled by Hertfordshire County Council.
2 Feb 1953: The route was not recorded on the original definitive map and statement (presumably because it was a road). DM sheet DM1-04.
31 Dec 1977: The route was not shown on the special review draft map and statement (presumably because it was a road). DM sheet SR-15.
1980: The route is shown as a county road on the HCC Land Charges Map, sheet 15.
26 Feb 2021: Application made to record the route as a byway. HCC reference: EH/503.

Application Process
Path Application Certificate Direction Inv Report Order Confirmed
EC913 26 Feb 2021 EH/503 31 May 2019

Definitive Map sheet: 15
[This route is not yet recorded and so there is no definitive statement.]

Maintainability
This route is maintainable at the public expense because it was a highway before 1835.