Coal Tax Post At Ngr Tq 23465352
- Date:
- 4 Feb 2007
- Location:
- Coal Tax Post At Ngr Tq 23465352, Banstead, Reigate And Banstead, Surrey
- Reference:
- IOE01/15724/06
- Type:
- Photograph (Digital)
This information is taken from the statutory List as it was in 2001 and may not be up to date.
The following item shall be added to the list
TQ 25 SW BANSTEAD 6/105 Coal Tax Post at NCR TQ 23465352
II
Coal and wine tax post. c.1861, made by Henry Grissell. Metal. Approx 3 foot high. Four-legged plinth with chamfered pier above having moulded capital bank and pyramidal top. City of London Corporation shield cast on the front; lettering on the pier reads "24 & 25 VICT/CAP 42". Maker's name plate on the rear. One of a series of coal and wine tax posts which indicated the boundary at which duty was payable; the tax on coal dated back to the 1660s.
Listing NGR: TQ2346053520
This is part of the Series: IOE01/2203 IOE Records taken by Norman Wigg; within the Collection: IOE01 Images Of England
© Norman Wigg. Source: Historic England Archive
This photograph was taken for the Images of England project
Photographer: Wigg, Norman
Rights Holder: Wigg, Norman
Metal, Victorian Duty Post, Gardens Parks And Urban Spaces, Street Furniture
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