Corporation of London coal-tax post, Molesey Road
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Corporation of London coal-tax post, Molesey Road
Image: © Stefan Czapski Taken: 5 Apr 2014
To be found a little to the north of the junction with Pool Road. The Coal Duties Act of 1851 gave the Corporation of the City of London the power to tax coal and other goods entering the Metropolitan area. The boundary of the area - for this purpose - was marked by posts or other markers. This is not the only coal-tax post to survive in this area. Its nearest neighbour (to my knowledge) stands a few hundred yards further north, at the corner where the B369 Walton Road meets Molesey Road. The landscape hereabouts must have changed greatly since 1851, with farming and horticulture being displaced by reservoirs and suburban development. That being so, it may well be that the surviving coal-posts have been moved from their original sites.
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Image Location
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51.395388
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-0.38406