2020
TQ2857 : Posts and markers near Chipstead
taken 5 years ago, near to Chipstead, Surrey, England
Posts and markers near Chipstead
A wooden signpost giving directions, a coal tax post and a marker at a road junction near Chipstead. This point is at the boundary between Greater London and Surrey. The foreground is in Surrey while the roads heading away from the camera both enter Greater London as hey leave the junction.
Coal Tax Posts
Coal Tax Posts were markers defining the area within which the Corporation of London could charge duty on coal entering the area. This area had been expanded in 1851 but then reduced in 1861 to coincide with the Metropolitan Police District of the day, the limits of which were between about 20 km and 30km from Charing Cross. It is from this latter time that most of the existing posts date. See Link
for further background, with much more comprehensive information at Martin Nail's excellent site, Link
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- Grid Square
- TQ2857, 25 images (more nearby 🔍)
- Photographer
- Malc McDonald (more nearby)
- Date Taken
- Saturday, 11 January, 2020 (more nearby)
- Submitted
- Tuesday, 14 January, 2020
- Subject Location
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OSGB36:
TQ 2853 5799 [10m precision]
WGS84: 51:18.3915N 0:9.4494W - Camera Location
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OSGB36: TQ 2851 5798
- View Direction
- East-northeast (about 67 degrees)
