New Addington, coal tax post
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New Addington, coal tax post
Image: © Mike Faherty Taken: 19 Mar 2016
On King Henry's Drive; a mid C19 cast iron post marking the boundary where coal imported into London was taxable. http://www.coaldutyposts.org.uk/cityposts.html This post is listed by Historic England: http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/Details/Default.aspx?id=201218&mode=adv
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Image Location
Latitude
51.333511
Longitude
0.000931