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Pre-Worboys 'No Through Road' sign
Norman Court, Potters Bar.
Image: © David Howard
Taken: 21 Jan 2009
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Mount Grace Road, Potters Bar
Image: © Des Blenkinsopp
Taken: 16 Jun 2016
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Quakers Lane junction with the Great North Road
Image: © Robert Eva
Taken: 13 Jun 2017
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Coal post
Image: © Bikeboy
Taken: 13 Mar 2013
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First Little Heath and Potters Bar scout group
Image: © Robert Eva
Taken: 13 Jun 2017
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City Corporation Coal-Tax post, by the Great North Road, Little Heath, Potters Bar
The Coal Duties Act of 1851 gave the Corporation of the City of London the power to tax coal and other goods (including wine and spirits) entering the Metropolitan area. The boundary of the area - for this purpose - was marked by posts or other markers. So once upon a time there must have been a ring of posts encircling London. My impression is that these days they are more noticeable in Hertfordshire - for whatever reason - than in the other Home Counties.
This one stands by the old Great North Road, while a second post can be found just round the corner in Church Road.
For links to sites documenting the history of these posts see Ian Capper's
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Image: © Stefan Czapski
Taken: 11 Aug 2013
0.10 miles
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Coal Tax Pillar Church Road, Potters Bar, Hertfordshire
Coal Tax Post used as a point where tax was paid for the conveyance of coal in the Victorian era.
Image: © David Dewar
Taken: 21 Sep 2007
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Church Road, Potters Bar, Hertfordshire
Looking east towards the junction with the Hatfield Road, Potters Bar, Herts.
Image: © David Dewar
Taken: 21 Sep 2007
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Location of a City Corporation coal-tax post by the Great North Road, Little Heath
Approaching Little Heath from the south. For a closer view of the post and more about their function, see: http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/3598414 There is a second post not far beyond the traffic lights, just round the corner to the left (in Church Road).
Image: © Stefan Czapski
Taken: 11 Aug 2013
0.10 miles
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City Corporation Coal-Tax post, Church Road, Little Heath, Potters Bar
The Coal Duties Act of 1851 gave the Corporation of the City of London the power to tax coal and other goods (including wine and spirits) entering the Metropolitan area. The boundary of the area - for this purpose - was marked by posts or other markers, many of which still exist. This one is typical of the commonest type - though part of the original lettering is missing. It stands near a bus-shelter at the eastern end of Church Road. There is a second post round the corner in the Great North Road - less than a minute's walk away http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/3598965
Image: © Stefan Czapski
Taken: 11 Aug 2013
0.11 miles