City Of London Corporation Boundary Post At Tq 181609

Description

This information is taken from the statutory List as it was in 2001 and may not be up to date.

ASHTEAD TQ/16/SE 1/2 City of London Corporation Boundary Post at TQ 181609

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Boundary post. Dated 1862 on rear. Cast iron, painted white. Approx. 30cm square in section, and approx. 1 metres high; moulded base, chamfered shaft, moulded cornice, short upper stage with moulded cap and pyramidal top. The front of the shaft has raised lettering at the top:- 4 & 25 Vic cap 4 (recte "24 & 25", but the "2" missing, and the right-hand end covered by a broken end of a screwed-on plate), referring to the London Coal and Wine Duties Act of 1861, and a raised shield on the section above; and at the bottom of the rear the maker's mark arranged as an oval:- REGENTS CANAL IRON WORKS HENRY GRISSELL 1862 LONDON (The item is one of two similar posts in this list.)

Listing NGR: TQ1809060916

Content

This is part of the Series: IOE01/1142 IOE Records taken by Peter Karry; within the Collection: IOE01 Images Of England

Rights

© Peter Karry. Source: Historic England Archive

This photograph was taken for the Images of England project