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| Post 11, [[#544540_198387]]
At the point where Debden Lane, Loughton becomes Loughton Lane, Theydon
Bois. Opposite an house called "The Boundary". The retro-reflective
sign in the right hand picture says Theydon
Bois
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| Post 12, [[#543167_199437]]
South side of Coppice Row, Epping
N of Jacks Hill, 500 yards E of the "Wake Arms"
Bench mark on the top
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| Post 13, [[#543720,200397]]
Epping Road, Epping
about 500 metres SW of the Bell Common Tunnel
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Obelisk 20, [[#537150_205020]]
Wormley. Beside the Lea Navigation near King's Weir Bridge. Bench Mark.
In the first picture the Navigation is between the stone and the pole visible
in the background.
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Obelisk 21, [[#536950_205130]]
Slipe Lane, Wormley. On east side of the railway line.
Described in ?1966 as "lying in several pieces on the ground.
The inscription not identifiable."
Now re-erected, top foot or so of height missing but crest,
inscription (14 & 15 VIC. C 146) and Bench Mark all clearly visible.
(The photos of this obelisk and the canal stone above were taken at dawn
on May Day morning while the light was a bit too weak for my camera.)
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| Post 37, [[#518150_203660]] High Street, London Colney
Just north west of the bridge over the River Colne
The entry at Historic England has a photo dated 2001 which shows distinct evidence
of a plate over the “24 Vict” having been removed.
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| Post 38, [[#517540_203190]]
Shenley Lane, London Colney South side of Broad Colney Bridge
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| Post 39, [[#517250_202340]]
Harper Lane, Shenley
Outside No. 108 The Lodge and near Harperbury Hospital
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| Post 40, [[#517440_202540]]
Harper Lane, Shenley Outside No. 67
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| Harper Lane, Shenley
Midway between these two Tax Posts. Just a post to announce that this is No. 100
but nice echoes of Tax Posts.
Cab drivers on night shift wish that all houses showed their numbers as clearly as this.
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| Post 43, [[#516020_200720]] Watling Street, Radlett
East side of road, opposite Kitswell Way, south of the culvert for a stream
and half a mile north of the station
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| Post 44, [[#516220_200025]]
Watling Street, Radlett
West side of road, 100 yards north of Park Road, beside Radlett United Synagogue
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Posts 47 & 48, [[#511000_196400]]
Watford At either end of an alley between
← New Street
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The other post can be seen in the background of each of these pictures.
No descriptive signs of any sort. No indication that
these posts are not in their original positions - compare with the
careful notice on Post 98
that it has been moved just two metres.
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| Post 58, [[#505850_192230]]
Rickmansworth Road, Harefield at the point where it becomes Harefield Road,
Rickmansworth.
Just on to the Hertfordshire side of the county boundary -
a 'Welcome to Hillingdon' sign can be seen on the right of this photo.
More pictures of this post in daylight and showing before- and
after-restoration states
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| Post 77, [[#502780_177039]]
N side of Park Street, E of Colnbrook Bridge
Plate 78 can be seen on the left of this picture
See here how a slight change
of viewpoint made all the difference between a "supplemental" grade for my photo and a geograph point for someone else.
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| Plate 78, [[#502777_177042]]
in N parapet of Colnbrook Bridge
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Post 79, [[#502500_176400]]
in field to SW of Poyle Manor on E bank of the Colne Brook.
A difficult to reach location. Not yet visited.
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| Post 80, [[#502500_175800]]
S side of Stanwell Road / Horton Road as realigned following the
construction of the Wraysbury Reservoir, 300 yards E of junction
with Coppermill Road.
There is confusion on maps which suggest that Stanwell Road continues to the
Poyle Road roundabout. This road sign suggests that the road changes its
name on the boundary between Windsor & Maidenhead and Slough. This is the
point where the post should be but unfortunately it seems to be missing.
Certainly there is no undergrowth for it to hide in.
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| Post 81?, [[#502639_172040]]
N side of Wraysbury Road, Staines and E side of the County Ditch about 40 yards E of Lammas Drive
As the name County Ditch suggests this is the boundary
and we might expect there to have been a Post here originally. On
the Victorian maps site we have a choice of three versions:
Berkshire,
Middlesex
and
Surrey.
But none of them shows a post.
This may be the post that was originally at
TQ 022 749, in field fence E of Moor Farm, Horton -
now under the water of the Wraysbury Wreservoir.
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Obelisk 82, [[#502633_172040]]
S side of Wraysbury Road, Staines and W side of the County Ditch about
30 yards E of Lammas DriveIn the picture below left Post 81? can be seen
in the background on the left.
Original location was
TQ 018 738 (not shown on the map but presumably near
the point where the County Ditch crosses the railway) N side railway,
E of stream and 600 yards SE of Wraysbury Station
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| Stone 83, [[#502800_171800]]
In Lammas Pleasure Ground, Staines beside the river.
The London Stone - the great … great grandparent of the posts
This is a replica (see below).
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A board near the stone tells us:
Until 1350, management of rivers was
in the hands of the monarch but in 1197 Richard I sold the rights and revenues
of the lower Thames to the Corporation of the City of London. He did this to
pay off debts incurred while fighting the Third Crusade.
At this time, Staines was the first
town upstream from London with a bridge and stood at the tidal limit of the
river so it was an obvious place to mark the Corporation's control. The stone
stood beside the river near the old town bridge from 1285 until moved here two
or three hundred years ago.
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More recently the stone was removed
for restoration and protection to the Old Town Hall Art Centre, Market Square,
Staines and a replica put in its place.
The current Town
Bridge, Staines was erected after the stone had been moved to the
Lammas.
One face of the stone (facing right in the picture above) displays semi-
circular indentations. These were made by the tow ropes of horse-drawn
vessels rubbing against the stone. The same damage can be seen on
almost every bridge over every British canal (see below).
There is also a
London Stone
in Cannon Street. But that one is even older and quite different.
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| [[#503400_171500]] The Old Town Hall, Market Square, Staines
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| Bridge 73, [[#439860_167170|SU 399 672]]
Shepherds Bridge, midway between Dreweat's Bridge and Kintbury Bridge
(Kennet and Avon Canal)
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| Post 94, [[#509500_166400]]
Bridge Street, Walton on Thames Approach to Walton Bridge
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Obelisk 102, [[#514000_165800]]
North side of railway beside No 100 Douglas Road, Esher
Opposite junction with Blair Avenue
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| Post 103, [[#513900_165700]]
South side of Lower Green Road, Esher
Opposite Lower Green Open Space and railway bridge leading to Douglas Road
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| Post 104, [[#514500_165300]]
North side of Portsmouth Road, Esher
600 yards west of the Scilly Isles, almost built into "The Toll House"
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109, [[#514100_162200]]
Copsem Lane, Oxshott
Corner of The Rythe private road, south of Esher Common Roundabout
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110, [[#514000_161800]]
Copsem Lane, Oxshott
junction with Sandy Lane and Warren Lane
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| Post 115, [[#516600_160000]]
W side of Kingston Road, Leatherhead at the point where it becomes
Leatherhead Road, Malden Rushett outside "The Star"
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| Post 118, [[#518300_161200]]
Christ Church Road (thus on maps but Christchurch Road on road name signs), Epsom. North side of
road in Stew Pond Valley about
200 yards east of Post 119. Half buried and becoming rusty.
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| Post 119, [[#518200_161200]]
At the point where Christ Church Road, Epsom becomes Rushett Lane, Malden Rushett.
South side of road outside Glanmire Farm.
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| Post 122, [[#519400_159400]]
North side of Dorking Road,Epsom
at the point where it becomes Epsom Road, Ashtead
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| Post 125, [[#520100_157400]] Headley Road, Epsom
junction with Langley Vale Road and Downs Road
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| Post 128, [[#521900_157700]] 20 yards east of Walton Road (bridleway) on Epsom Downs in
clearing, 150 yards north of junction with Old London
Road (bridleway) In need of re-painting
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129, [[#522100_157800]]
West side of Old London Road, Epsom Downs
by its southern crossing of Race Course. The inscription faces into a thorn bush but it
has still been carefully repainted. From this post the next three posts on the list are all visible:
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130, [[#522300_158100]]
East side of Old London Road by the 5
furlong post of
Epsom Downs Racecourse.
Post 131 can be seen in the background of the left photo.
The stumps of the bolts which held the correction plate in place have each
received a dab of black paint as though they were part of the inscription.
(Furlong and florin are two words which sadly are dropping out of the language. Both
are still valid and both were part of attempts to decimalise the Imperial system of measures. 1 furlong
= 10 chains = 1000 links. Also, the furlong is conveniently close to 200 metres - 201.168 metres to be precise.)
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| Post 131, [[#522400_158100]] E side of Epsom Lane North, Tattenham Corner, 100 yards S of
Tattenham Crescent, on a grassy knoll. The grandstands of Epsom Racecourse can be seen in the
background of this picture. The post may have been moved a few yards further from the road when
this area was tidied in 1994
after a train driver fell asleep and damaged the old station.
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| Post 132, [[#522500_158400]]
Outside the Tattenham Corner Public House
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| Post 133, [[#522600_157800]]
Epsom Lane North, Tadworth
outside No. 100
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| Post 135, [[#522600_156000]]
South side of Motts Hill Lane, Tadworth. 100 yards west of The Avenue behind a fence
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| Post 136, [[#522600_155800]]
West side of footpath at a branch in the path, 150 yards south of Motts Hill Lane, Tadworth.
The path continues south past The Bell public house to Withybed Corner.
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| Post 137, [[#522700_155300]]
West side of Deans Lane, Walton on the Hill. Near the junction with
The Street and beside the entrance to Deans Close.
This view is looking northwest from the post and shows the Mere Pond with swans on it.
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| Post 138, [[#522800_155200]]
West side of Deans Lane, Walton on the Hill in garden of "The Rise".
The occupiers of this house, showing a proper respect for the City's crest,
have put a dip in the wall to enable it to be seen.
(Compare with the way Post 136, above is totally ignored.)
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| Post 139,
[[#522900_155100]]
East end of Chucks Lane, Walton on the Hill, on edge of Banstead Heath
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| Post 140, [[#523000_154800]]
Southeast side of Dorking Road, Walton on the Hill, 400 yards northeast
of the junction with Deans Lane
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| Post 141, [[#523100_154700]]
100 yards southeast of Post 140 on Walton Heath
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| Post 142, [[#523200_154600]]
150 yards southeast of Post 141 on Walton Heath. Nail says "beside sheds". Sheds have gone.
This view is looking southwest across the golf course
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The view from near Post 152
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| Post 155, [[#524300_155200]] East side of Brighton Road,
Kingswood 100 yards south of Birch Grove
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| Post 159, [[#527200_157900]] Outwood Lane, Chipstead Opposite Stagbury House
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| Post 160, [[#527500_157800]]
Hazelwood Lane, Chipstead At the junction with Bridgeway and Stagbury Close
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| Post 161, [[#527900_157800]]
W side of How Lane, Chipstead opposite Yew Tree Close
Almost buried in the undergrowth. The squiggles in the photo are spots of
daylight plus camera shake.
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| Post 162, [[#528600_158000]] At the junction of Coulsdon Lane, Hollymeoak
Road, Portnalls Road, Rickman Hill Road and Hollymead Road, Chipstead
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Try this image
as a jigsaw
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| Post 163, [[#529125_157595]]
Brighton Road, Hooley East side of road about 150 yards north of the present
boundary between Croydon and Reigate & Banstead.
Very dirty because this is a very busy road and very difficult to spot when the trees are in leaf.
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Brighton Road, Hooley. Modern boundary signs
situated between the two Tax Posts in the Brighton Road.
The middle one is almost as cryptic as a Tax Post:
HA = Highways Agency TfL = Transport for London
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| Post 164, [[#528900_156800]]
Brighton Road, Hooley Corner of Netherne Drive, beside Star Bridge.
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Not found!
Obelisk 165, [[#528900_156700]]
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The western of two ...
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| Looking south from Star Bridge (Netherne Drive)
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'West side of Redhill railway line at Hooley, 100 yards south of Star Bridge' [CoL]
The Corporation of London page singles out this
Obelisk for mention as 'inaccessible except by rail'. But in fact you
get a clear view of this part of the track from Star Bridge or Forge Bridge,
300 yards further south.
I would expect to see the Obelisk in both the left hand pictures above
but I have looked very carefully and cannot see any sign of it.
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| Post 166, [[#530400_156795]]
Ditches Lane, Coulsdon near Devilsden Wood This post is a bit
accident prone.
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Images produced from the www.old-maps.co.uk service with permission
of Landmark Information Group Ltd. and Ordnance Survey where
www.old-maps.co.uk is hyperlinked to http://www.old-maps.co.uk, Landmark
Information Group Ltd. is hyperlinked to http://www.landmark-information.co.uk
and Ordnance Survey is hyperlinked to http://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk
| Missing Posts!
TQ 318 563 TQ 318 565 TQ 320 566
One post just off the end of The Grove, Coulsdon Common and
two posts in The Grove. Marked M1 on the map.
Click on the map for a larger version.
Note The Fox and the Tally Ho pubs; both still there.
On the larger version, near bottom right note the intriguing Money Pit still remembered in the name of
Money Road.
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| Post 167, [[#532200_156800]]
Coulsdon Road, Coulsdon Common opposite The Grove. On
the present boundary between Croydon and Tandridge
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| Post 168, [[#532500_157040]]
Coulsdon / Caterham, on SW side of road 90 yards NW of the junction of
Ninehams Road and Milton Road. (Carefully worded -see
below.)
On the present boundary between Croydon and
Tandridge. (Note the join in the road surface between the two
authorities.)
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The 4 of 24 and the C of CAP are both completely flat.
Also the 2 of CAP 42 is so flat that it has been painted wrongly.
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All the old lists seen describe the house nearest to this post as
22 Stites Hill Road and all [[#532250_156750|road maps]] seen show Stites Hill
Road extending to the Junction with Milton Road. However the
Postcode directory is perfectly clear that the six houses along this
90 yard stretch of road are 112 to 122, Ninehams Road, CATERHAM,
CR3 5LJ. Neither of the local authorities has erected
road name signs to indicate that maps are wrong.
It has been left to the owner of the house nearest the
post to clarify the situation.
The post was erected to mark a boundary and it still does mark a boundary.
This site notes several places where a road changes its name on the boundary
and it is the case here as well.
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background. These bear the same shield as the posts and carry this story:
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CORPORATION OF LONDON
COULSDON COMMONS
The Corporation of London is the local authority for the City of London.
It provides services not only in the City but also far outside its boundary.
In response to public concern at the loss of commons and parks to
development in the nineteenth century, it established the policy of
acquiring land for public open spaces within 25 miles of the City
for the benefit of Londoners and the nation.
Consequently, the four Coulsdon Commons (Farthing Downs,
Coulsdon Common, Kenley Common and Riddlesdown) were
bought by the Corporation in 1883. It also acquired West Wickham Common
in 1892 and Spring Park in 1926.
Although not registered as commons today, all these open
spaces are protected from development by the 1878 Act under
which they were acquired. The cost of maintaining them is met from the Corporation's own
private resources with occasional support from public bodies.
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Corner of Ninehams Road and
Merlewood Close, Caterham Outside the Corporation of London's Estate Office for
the commons mentioned above.
This is not a Tax Post and is quite recent. But it carries on the cast iron Corporation of London
tradition. It is just a post to keep your vehicle off the kerb or grass - and of an height designed to
ensure that you will not see it just before you reverse into it.
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| Missing Post! TQ 330 573
East side of Buxton Lane, Caterham at the point where it becomes Hayes Lane, Kenley.
Marked M2 on the map above and on the larger version. This post is leaning and bears the inscription
'Croydon Rural District 1895 Coulsdon'. An identical post to this one stands beside City Post 162 in Chipstead and as we can see on the
map there ought to be a City Post standing here but it has long since vanished.
The name Buxton Lane had struck me as odd because it is clearly an old road from long
before the habit of naming roads after holiday destinations. The larger map gives us an answer
by calling it Buxton's Lane - it is named after a person. But a developer has
picked up on the geographic idea and built Matlock Road off it.
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A different view of Old Coulsdon
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| Post 169, [[#533800_158300]] Whyteleafe Hill, Whyteleafe 50 yards east of the
junction with Hornchurch Hill
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This view from Church Road is about the best you can legally get.
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| Obelisk 170, [[#534000_158100]] Behind No 376 Godstone Road, Whyteleafe
Sit on the right hand side of the train from Caterham to East Croydon and hope
that it will not go too fast between Whyteleafe South and Whyteleafe.
Or find the allotments in Church Road, 300 yards S of Whyteleafe Hill,
walk through them towards the railway and look to your right.
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| Post 171, [[#534080_157970]] W side of Godstone Road, Whyteleafe
300 yards north of Salmons Lane, outside No. 376
The original inscription has been carved out to a depth of about 5 mm. As a
result of this and/or subsequent rust, there is a hole right through to
the inside.
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I have a private theory that the curious defacement of the inscription on this post was
a political protest contemporary with the erection of the post. Caterham lay and still lies
outside the Metropolitan Police District but the only practical way to bring coal into
Caterham in 1861 was by the railway via
Caterham Junction station.
Since this lay firmly within the Metropolitan Police District, presumably the tax was payable.
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| Post 172, [[#534400_157700]] Well Farm Road, Whytelefe 100 yards from Godstone Road
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At both of these locations there may be a post hiding among
all that lush vegetation but I have looked very hard and could not see either of them
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| Post 173, [[#535300_157000]] Stuart Road, Whytelefe 100 yards from Woldingham Road
Viewed from Post 174
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| Post 174, [[#535400_157000]]
Woldingham Road, Whytelefe junction of Stuart Road
Makers mark on front and rear of the base
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| Post 175, [[#535840_157740]]
Bug Hill, Woldingham outside "Halliloo House"
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| Post 176, [[#536400_158200]]
Limpsfield Road, Warlingham outside Sainsbury's supermarket.
A plaque in front of the post has been removed by vandals
but thanks to Alan C Edwards we can deduce what it said:
In 1994 the site of Chelsham Bus Garage was being re-developed as a
Sainsbury's supermarket.
On 1994 January 24, Monday this post was removed from its original position
at the SW corner of the junction of Limpsfield Road and Chelsham Road to
make room for a roundabout large enough allow articulated lorries to enter
Sainsbury's delivery bay.
On 1994 July 27, Wednesday the post was re-erected at the corner of the new
pedestrian walkway between the bus layby and the entrance to the
supermarket.
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| The post in its original position
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Bourne Society Bulletin No. 7, August 1957
IRON BOUNDARY POSTS
The item in Bulletin No. 6 on this subject produced a good
deal of information from a number of members. One or two queries are
now being investigated and it is hoped to publish a supplement to the next
issue of the Bulletin giving a complete list of the
posts, or the sites of posts, which are situated within our area.
One thing that should be put right
immediately is the statement made in the last issue as to the total number
of posts erected around London. The figure quoted was l,700, which was
taken in good faith from a newspaper cutting on the subject, but many
members have written in to say that 200-250 is much nearer the mark, and
their information is supported by contemporary evidence.
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this or they would not have repeated the figure of 1700.
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| Post 177, [[#536600_158400]]
Sunny Bank, Warlingham junction of Chelsham Road
The spots on this picture are, I believe, fog
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| Post 178, [[#537100_159100]]
Harrow Road, Warlingham junction of Chelsham Road
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| Post 179, [[#536500_159700]]
East side of Old Farleigh Road, Farleigh just north of "The Harrow"
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| Post 180, [[#536800_159600]]
North end of Daniels Lane, Farleigh at edge of Little Park Wood
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| Post 181, [[#538211_160176]]
On the edge of Little Farleigh Green on footpath to Fickleshole.
About 200 yards NW of the point where Farleigh Court Road becomes Scotshall Lane.
Lorna van Zee's
image at GeoGraph. Note the discussion.
My image at GeoGraph.
Two more images.
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The sign says "Welcome to Bromley" A better picture of this post
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| Post 183, [[#539500_161300]] King Henry's Drive, New Addington
200 yards north west of the junction of Skid Hill Lane and Layhams Road, etc.
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| Post 184, [[#539600_161000]] Skid Hill Lane, New Addington 100 yards south of the
junction of King Henry's Drive and Sheepbarn Lane, etc.
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| Post 185, [[#539800_161100]] Sheepbarn Lane, New Addington 150 yards east of the
junction of Skid Hill Lane and Layhams Road, etc.
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| Post 186, [[#541500_161700]]
On Leaves Green The village sign in the first picture can be
seen in the background of the third picture. This post before the paint job (see below).
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| Post 187, [[#542400_161200]]
Green Hill, Downe Near one of the greens of West Kent Golf Club.
This post is leaning
"Councillor George Taylor, holder of Bromley Council's Environment
Portfolio, rolled up his
sleeves to put the finishing touches to the club's freshly repainted Coal Tax Post"
from Rabbit, The Planning Division Newsletter of the London
Borough of Bromley, November 2002
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Post 188, [[#543500_160000]] Single Street, Berry's Green near the point where
it becomes Luxted Road. Outside a bungalow called Brambleside
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| Post 189, [[#543900_160600]]
At the point where Cudham Road, Downe (also
known as Hangrove Hill) becomes Downe Road, Cudham.
Outside an house appropriately called The Boundary
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| Post 190, [[#545100_162900]] West side of Cudham Lane, Cudham. Opposite No 83
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| Post 191, [[#545640_163200]]
Corner of Cudham Lane North and Old Hill, Green Street Green
The black and white picture is from Rabbit,
The Planning Division Newsletter of the London Borough of
Bromley, November 2002 and the rabbit must be called Flopsy because they have flopped the
picture (and also omitted 'post' from the caption).
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| Post 192, [[#545600_163300]]
Near the roundabout, Green Street Green. Between Farnborough Way and High
Street. Near the Royal Oak and opposite the Rose and Crown
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| Post 193, [[#545600_163500]] West side of High Street, Green Street Green.
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| Post 199, [[#547910_165100]]
Chelsfield Lane, Chelsfield. Beside the entrance to Goddington Park
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| Post 200, [[#548400_165200]]
East side of Skibbs Lane. 1200 yards north of Chelsfield.
That is not water in the background but plastic sheeting over crops.
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