Coal post
Introduction
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Coal post
Image: © Bikeboy Taken: 29 Mar 2013
There are a ring of these around London. See http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/3368546 and http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/3368543 for other examples. They mark positions where tax on coal and other commodities were taxed as they were brought into London. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coal-tax_post for further information.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.619472
Longitude
-0.443717