Coach & Horses passage
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Coach & Horses passage by Richard Croft as part of the Geograph project.
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Coach & Horses passage
Image: © Richard Croft Taken: 4 Feb 2013
A curiosity of Coach & Horses Passage http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/3320599 this low, sloping, grooved projection, reputedly installed in 1846 following complaints about the "state of the public passage". It was intended to deter men from relieving themselves against the passage wall by deflecting urine towards their feet !
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Image Location
Latitude
53.077023
Longitude
-0.811899