Coal tax obelisk, Staines
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Coal tax obelisk, Staines
Image: © Robin Webster Taken: 17 Jan 2015
This presumably applies to the railway, although not very visible from it down below. In crossing the Thames the railway passed from Surrey into Middlesex, and so crossed the boundary of the London coal tax zone. A grade II listed building.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.430967
Longitude
-0.510694