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A cast iron post bearing the City of London arms.
Also known as: Coal tax post, London Coal Duty post, City of London boundary post, Iron post with a shield
Coal Duty posts mark the boundary within which a duty on coal entering London was payable, set under the London Coal and Wine Duties Continuance Act 1861. About 200 survive on roads, canals and former railways in a rough circle around London, and the duty they marked was abolished in 1889.
Denotes a boundary marker for the London coal and wine duties, bearing the City of London arms and a reference to the 1861 Act.
Contexts: Maps
Marks a boundary roughly twenty miles from central London, placed on every road, railway and waterway crossing it.
Contexts: Maps
Marks a duty abolished in 1889, so the posts have outlived their purpose by well over a century and survive as street furniture.
Contexts: Maps
A short cast iron post, obelisk or rounded in section, painted white with a red shield bearing a cross and a small sword, and a statute reference cast in relief.