City of London Coal Tax post on Coulsdon Common
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City of London Coal Tax post on Coulsdon Common
Image: © Marathon Taken: 4 May 2023
This is one of the City of London Coal Tax posts. Coal Tax posts were marker posts, first erected in 1851 and forming a rough circle about twenty miles from the centre of London to mark the points where taxes on coal and wine due to the Corporation of London had to be paid. Of the original 250 or so, 211 have survived. They are often found now in very out of the way and unlikely places. Coulsdon Common is owned and managed by the City of London Corporation along with a number of other properties in the south of the Borough of Croydon. It is largely wooded. This view is from Coulsdon Road.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.295071
Longitude
-0.104733