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Pool Road, WEST MOLESEY, KT8 2HE

The post is on the east side of Molesey Road, just to the north of the junction with Pool Road. For a close-up please see Image For a very comprehensive and interesting history of these posts please refer to Elmbridge Borough Council's dedicated website page here http://www.elmbridge.gov.uk/Tourism/coalwine.htm

These posts were a means of marking the point at which duty became payable on coal and wine being transported into the City of London. The coat of arms depicted is that of the City of London, with the shield bearing the Cross of St George and the Sword of St Paul, painted red on a white background. The text 4&25VICT CAP 42 refers to the Act of Parliament under which statute they were erected - in this instance the London Coal and Wine Duties Continuance Act of 1861. For a view of the post in its street context please see Image For a very comprehensive and interesting history of these posts please refer to Elmbridge Borough Council's dedicated website page here http://www.elmbridge.gov.uk/Tourism/coalwine.htm

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The location of this post is shown in Image, Image and Image The post is Grade II listed https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1190896 . There are over 200 coal tax posts located around London, most of which are 3 ft high white-painted bollards http://www.geograph.org.uk/search.php?i=86542993&page=1 . The posts were erected under the Coal and Wine Duties (Continuation) Act of 1861 to mark the points at which duty had to be paid on coal being transported to London. The boundary was set at that of the Metropolitan Police District, and the resulting revenue was used by the Corporation of the City of London to fund public works. For further info see http://www.coaldutyposts.org.uk/cityposts.html .

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To be found a little to the north of the junction with Pool Road. The Coal Duties Act of 1851 gave the Corporation of the City of London the power to tax coal and other goods entering the Metropolitan area. The boundary of the area - for this purpose - was marked by posts or other markers. This is not the only coal-tax post to survive in this area. Its nearest neighbour (to my knowledge) stands a few hundred yards further north, at the corner where the B369 Walton Road meets Molesey Road. The landscape hereabouts must have changed greatly since 1851, with farming and horticulture giving way to reservoirs and suburban development. That being so, it may well be that the surviving coal-posts have been moved from their original sites.

To be found a little to the north of the junction with Pool Road. The Coal Duties Act of 1851 gave the Corporation of the City of London the power to tax coal and other goods entering the Metropolitan area. The boundary of the area - for this purpose - was marked by posts or other markers. This is not the only coal-tax post to survive in this area. Its nearest neighbour (to my knowledge) stands a few hundred yards further north, at the corner where the B369 Walton Road meets Molesey Road. The landscape hereabouts must have changed greatly since 1851, with farming and horticulture being displaced by reservoirs and suburban development. That being so, it may well be that the surviving coal-posts have been moved from their original sites.

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