The Coal Road
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The Coal Road
Image: © Robin Webster Taken: 10 Jul 2011
A public bridleway to East Tilbury. An old route for carrying sea coal inland towards London from a wharf at Coalhouse Point. In this way London coal duty was avoided. This was levied for vessels carrying coal (largely from Newcastle) further upriver than Bill Meroy Creek. This was much further out from London than the inland tax boundary, so there was quite a large area to be served before arriving at that problem.
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