No. | T2 | OT | OS Grid Ref | Village | P | Location |
Essex | ||||||
1 | 2d | TQ 509 873 | W side of Dagenham Road, 100 yards S of Rush Green Rd | |||
2 | 2 | TQ 498 871 | S side of Wood Lane/Rush Green Road W of bridge over culverted stream | |||
3 | 4a | TQ 490 878 | Chadwell Heath | N side of railway behind No 332 Crow Lane | ||
4 | 2d | TQ 489 882 | Chadwell Heath | S side of London Road, Romford outside No 403 at the point where the road becomes High Road, Chadwell Heath | ||
5 | 2d | TQ 485 887 | E side of Whalebone Lane 400 yards S of Eastern Avenue. Now moved to: | |||
TQ 480 865 | Outside Valence House | |||||
6 | 2 | TQ 488 907 | Collier Row | In hedge a few yards S of Collier Row Road in grounds of "Sungate House" | ||
7 | 2d | TQ 489 911 | Collier Row | S side of Hog Hill Road opposite No 70 | ||
8 | 2* | TQ 473 938 | N side of Manor Road outside "Sheepcotes" | |||
9 | 2c | TQ 459 963 | S side of Abridge Road opposite "The Chase" | |||
10 | 4c | TQ 452 977 | SE side of Central Line (formerly the Loughton and Ongar Branch of the Great Eastern Railway) 1500 yards S of Theydon Bois Station | |||
11 | 2d | TQ 446 984 | Theydon Bois | R | N side of Debden Lane, Loughton at the point where it becomes Loughton Lane, Theydon Bois, opposite an house called "The Boundary" | |
12 | 2c | TQ 432 994 | Epping | R | S side of Coppice Row, N of Jacks Hill, 500 yards E of the "Wake Arms" | |
13 | 2c | TL 437 004 | Epping | R | E side of Epping Road (B1393 formerly A11) by Ambresbury Banks, about 800 yards SW of the Bell Common Tunnel and 1 mile N of the "Wake Arms" | |
14 | 2f | TL 408 044 | NE end of Galley Hill Green, 600 yards from Bumbles Green | |||
15 | 2g | TL 406 049 | S side of Waltham Road, 350 yards from Bumbles Green | |||
16 | 2c | TL 393 040 | At junction of St. Leonards Road and Waltham Road | |||
17 | 2g | TL 392 043 | S side of Colemans Lane at junction with St. Leonards Rd | |||
18 | 2g | TL 389 044 | S side of Colemans Lane 300 yards W of St. Leonards Rd | |||
19 | 2f | TL 388 044 | S side of Colemans Lane 50 yards W of "Valley View" | |||
Broxbourne / East Herts | ||||||
20 | 1 | TL 373 050 | Wormley | R | W side of Lea Navigation 50 yards S of King's Weir Bridge. Bench Mark | |
21 | 4c | TL 369 051 | Wormley | R | E side of the railway line, N side of Slipe Lane by level crossing | |
22 | 2* | TL 365 052 | Turnford | E side of High Road, Turnford, outside No 137, 'behind a brick pillar box' [Bro] | ||
23 | 2c | TL 343 058 | Wormley | B | E side of Holy Cross Hill, 400 yards N of junction with Beaumont Road, '? opposite Paradise Piggeries Picnic Place' [RWH] | |
24 | 2h | TL 323 058 | Wormley Wood | B | In Wormley Wood, 800 yards NNW of Tanfield Farm, just N of the lake | |
25 | 2c | TL 308 046 | Newgate Street | B | S side of Darnicle Hill, Hammond Street at the point where it becomes Newgate Street Village, next to bridge over stream and E of railway bridge over the road | |
- | ? | TL 300 042 | Newgate Street | b | 800 yards S of Newgate Street and N of Carbone Hill. [Looked for by Bro but not found. Not listed by [Nail]] | |
26 | 2* | TL 271 034 | Northaw | B | N side of The Ridgeway at the junction with Shepherds Way and Well Road | |
27 | 2c | TL 270 032 | Northaw | B | W side of Well Road by entrance to Queenswood School | |
Hertsmere | ||||||
28 | 2c | TL 261 021 | Potters Bar | B | W side of Hatfield Road, 50 yards S of Church Road | |
29 | 2c | TL 260 021 | Potters Bar | B | S side of Church Road, 50 yards W of Hatfield Road | |
30 | 2* | TL 257 024 | Potters Bar | B | N side of Heath Road, 100 yards W of Osborne Road | |
31 | 4c | TL 243 027 | Hawkshead | B | E side of railway, 400 yards S of Hawkshead Bridge. Appears on the two and a half inch Ordnance Survey Map 1898 as the Duty Stone | |
32 | 2c | TL 230 032 | North Mymms | W side of Warrengate Road at junction with Hawkshead Lane | ||
33 | 2c | TL 206 049 | Colney Heath | B | E side of Coursers Road at bend near Coursers Farm. Bench mark | |
34 | 2a** | TL 206 058 | Colney Heath | B | N side of Coursers Road, 50 yards W of junction with High Street and Tollgate Road | |
35 | 2a | TL 206 058 | Colney Heath | B | Few yards S of High Street, Colney Heath opposite "The Cock" | |
36 | 2z | TL 199 059 | Colney Heath | B | N bank of the River Colne, 50 yards E of Church Lane. (The most N post) | |
37 | 2* | TL 182 037 | London Colney | R | W side of High Street, just NW of the bridge over the River Colne | |
38 | 2c | TL 176 032 | London Colney | R | E side of Shenley Lane, S end of Broad Colney bridge | |
39 | 2 | TL 172 023 | Shenley | R | N side of Harper Lane, outside No 108, "The Lodge" and 200 yards N of Harperbury Hospital | |
40 | 2c | TL 174 025 | Shenley | R | S side of Harper Lane, outside No 67 and 300 yards NE of previous post | |
41 | 2e | TL 176 014 | Shenley | 400 yards W of Harperbury Hospital Farm (Wild Farm [Bro]) in hedgerow 50 yards S of footpath leading to Shenleybury | ||
42 | 5 | TL 161 007 | Radlett | W side of railway, behind the post below, half way down the embankment, rusty and overgrown | ||
43 | 2c | TL 160 007 | Radlett | R | E side of Watling Street, opposite Kitswell Way, S of the culvert for a stream and 50 yards N of a footpath under the railway leading to The Avenue | |
44 | 2c | TL 163 001 | Radlett | R | W side of Watling Street, 100 yards N of Park Road, beside Radlett United Synagogue, outside No 24 and opposite No 179 | |
? | TQ 163 995 | Radlett | - | 'High Street, alongside Messrs Wright and Mills' [Bro] Not found. Probably the one above but with bad Grid Ref and description | ||
- | ? | TQ 151 939 | Bushey Heath | High Street about 20 yards SE of the junction with Hartsbourne Road [RWH from maps]; On the A4140 [Bro]; [Not listed by Nail] | ||
45 | 4 | TQ 117 966 | Watford | S bank of Colne, W of five arch viaduct. 'In several pieces on the ground, inscription not identifiable' [Bro] | ||
46 | 2a | TQ 116 962 | Watford | S side of Water Lane, E of bridge over Colne. Due to road reconstruction, moved in April 1966 to: | ||
TQ ? | Watford ? | The College of Further Education | ||||
47 | 2* | TQ 119 955 | Bushey | At NW corner of Bushey Arches. Now moved to: | ||
TQ 110 964 | Watford | R | Cul-de-sac end of New Street at the end of an alley leading to High Street | |||
48 | 2c | TQ 120 953 | Bushey | At junction of Capell Road and Pinner Road. Now moved to: | ||
TQ 110 964 | Watford | R | SW side of High Street about 50 yards SE of Market Street at the end of an alley leading to New Street | |||
Three Rivers | ||||||
49 | 2* | TQ 131 926 | Oxhey | E side of Oxhey Lane, outside No 1 "The Hollies" and immediately NW of Burntoak Farm | ||
50 | 5 | TQ 123 922 | Oxhey | W side of railway, 300 yards S along footpath opposite the school in Little Oxhey Lane | ||
51 | 2* | TQ 106 917 | Oxhey | E side of Potter Street Hill, at junction with Oxhey Drive, Sandy Lane and South View Road | ||
52 | 5 | TQ 092 921 | Northwood | E side of railway, N of footbridge, 800 yards N of Northwood Station. Arms and inscription on all four sides | ||
53 | 2 | TQ 087 922 | Rickmansworth | N side of the Boundary Footpath, 200 yards E of Kewferry Road, in playing fields of St Martins School | ||
54 | 2e | TQ 084 923 | Rickmansworth | In hedgerow S of Batchworth Lane | ||
55 | 2 | TQ 078 923 | Rickmansworth | W side of Rickmansworth Road, Northwood at the point where it becomes London Road, Batchworth Heath, 30 yards S of "The Prince of Wales" | ||
56 | 2e | TQ 069 915 | Rickmansworth | At the junction of White Hill and Jackets Lane | ||
? | TQ 069 915 | Rickmansworth | Battlers Wells Farm [Listed by Bro as a separate post but probably a duplicate entry of the previous post] | |||
57 | 2e | TQ 066 917 | Rickmansworth | S side of Shrubs Road, 200 yards SE of Woodcock Hill Farm (was called Harefield Grove Farm) and 300 yards W of Battlers Wells Farm | ||
58 | 2* | TQ 058 922 | Rickmansworth | R | E side of Harefield Road at the point where it becomes Rickmansworth Road, Harefield, just on to the Hertfordshire side of the county boundary, by entrance to "High Lodge" | |
59 | 2e | TQ 052 928 | Rickmansworth | Beside footpath from Stockers Farm to Hill End | ||
- | - | Posts 218 & 219 are near here | ||||
60 | 1 | TQ 047 932 | Rickmansworth | N bank of Grand Union halfway between Stocker's Lock and Springwell Lock. Bench Mark | ||
61 | 2e | TQ 049 935 | Rickmansworth | At junction of Shire Ditch and Colne near Mill End Grid Ref probably should be about 500 yards further W | ||
62 | 2 | TQ 040 935 | Rickmansworth | W side of Springwell Lane at S end of Drayton Ford Bridge | ||
63 | 3a | TQ 040 935 | Rickmansworth | In parapet of Drayton Ford Bridge. Now moved to: | ||
TQ 325 815 | City of London | The Guildhall Museum | ||||
Slough / Spelthorne | ||||||
64 | 2e | TQ 048 880 | By bridge over Colne at Savay Farm. Now moved to: | |||
TQ 047 880 | In front of Savay Farm House | |||||
65 | 3b | TQ 051 846 | S side of Oxford Road, in parapet of bridge over the Colne | |||
66 | 2e | TQ 046 835 | N side of Cowley Mill Lane by Long Bridge | |||
67 | 2* | TQ 049 822 | N side of Iver Lane at E end of bridge over the Colne | |||
68 | 3b | TQ 049 822 | In N parapet of this bridge | |||
69 | 1 | TQ 048 807 | S side of Slough Arm of Grand Union 100 yards E of bridge over Colne | |||
70 | 4a | TQ 052 801 | N side of GWR main line W of Staines underbridge | |||
71 | 5 | TQ 052 800 | E side of Staines branch line 100 yards S of GWR main line | |||
72 | 2 | TQ 052 792 | N side of Thorney Mill Road E of bridge over Bigley Ditch | |||
73 | 3b | TQ 052 792 | In N parapet of this bridge. Now moved to: custody of Buckinghamshire County Council | |||
74 | 2 | TQ 041 768 | Longford | On E bank of Wyrardisbury River 200 yards N of Mad Bridge | ||
75 | 2e | TQ 040 768 | Longford | On W bank of Wyrardisbury River 200 yards N of Mad Bridge | ||
76 | 2e | TQ 037 770 | Poyle | On S bank of stream at NE corner of grounds of Poyle County Infants School | ||
77 | 2 | TQ 028 770 | Colnbrook | R | N side of Park Street (Bath Road), E of Colnbrook Bridge | |
78 | 3b | TQ 028 770 | Colnbrook | R | In N parapet of the above bridge | |
79 | 2e | TQ 025 764 | Poyle | In field to SW of Poyle Manor on E bank of the Colne Brook | ||
80 | 2e | TQ 025 756 | Poyle | S side of Stanwell Road (was called Horton Road) 300 yards E of junction with Coppermill Road. Now moved to: | ||
TQ 026 758 | Poyle | S side of Stanwell Road, as realigned | ||||
81 | 2e | TQ 022 749 | Horton | In field fence E of Moor Farm. 'Now moved to: custody of Staines UDC' [Nail] It is probably this post which now stands at: | ||
TQ 026 720 | Staines | R | N side of Wraysbury Road and E side of the County Ditch about 40 yards E of Lammas Drive | |||
82 | 4d | TQ 018 738 | Wraysbury | N side railway E of stream and 600 yards SE of Wraysbury Station. (At this location was the most W post) Now moved to: | ||
TQ 026 720 | Staines | R | S side of Wraysbury Road and W side of the County Ditch about 30 yards E of Lammas Drive | |||
83 | - | TQ 032 715 | Staines | Beside the river near the old town bridge. This is The London Stone (Staines). Moved 1750 (very approx.) to: | ||
TQ 028 718 | Staines | R | Lammas Pleasure Ground, beside river. A replica stands here, the original now moved to: | |||
TQ 034 715 | Staines | Old Town Hall Art Centre, Market Square | ||||
84 | 2e | TQ 028 717 | Staines | On S bank of Thames outside "Counties End", River Park Avenue | ||
85 | 2e | TQ 031 715 | Staines | N of road at W end of Staines bridge | ||
86 | 2* | TQ 032 715 | Staines | On traffic Island at Staines bridge end of The Hythe | ||
87 | 4d | TQ 036 713 | Staines | N of railway E of Thames Street | ||
88 | 2e | TQ 054 670 | Chertsey Bridge | E side of Thames Side opposite Chertsey Weir | ||
89 | 2 | TQ 055 667 | Chertsey Bridge | E side of Thames Side outside No 242 | ||
90 | 2b | TQ 055 666 | Chertsey Bridge | S side of Chertsey Bridge Road, E of river | ||
Elmbridge | ||||||
91 | 2e | TQ 079 664 | Weybridge | Surrey Bank of Thames 400 yards N of W end of Desborough Channel | ||
92 | 2e | TQ 082 664 | Weybridge | 200 yards E of previous Post | ||
93 | 2e | TQ 091 661 | Walton on Thames | S side of Walton Lane, 500 yards W of Walton Bridge - post missing at present [Elm] | ||
94 | 2e | TQ 095 664 | Walton on Thames | R | NE side of Walton Bridge SE of river | |
95 | 2 | TQ 109 685 | Walton on Thames | In grounds of Yachting Club at N side of Sunbury Lock Ait. No public access | ||
96 | 2* | TQ 111 687 | Sunbury on Thames | N bank of Thames at S end of path opposite Barclay's Bank (now closed) and No 53 Thames Street. Opposite and midway between The Avenue and Berkeley Mews | ||
97 | 1 | TQ 116 689 | Walton on Thames | On S bank of Thames 800 yards E of Sunbury Lock, access from Waterside Drive | ||
98 | 2e | TQ 122 685 | West Molesey | N side of Hurst road 300 yards W of Weston Avenue. [Nail] [Elm] describes two posts which may match this. They are: | ||
West Molesey | Hurst Road in grounds of Walton Advanced Water Treatment Works. No public access | |||||
West Molesey | Hurst Road, N side below Molesey (Lambeth) Reservoir | |||||
99 | 2e | TQ 124 679 | West Molesey | S of Walton Road at junction with Molesey Road and Molesey Avenue | ||
100 | 2 | TQ 125 675 | West Molesey | E side of Molesey Road outside No 47, N of junction with Pool Road | ||
101 | 2 | TQ 137 667 | Esher | N bank of the Ember 700 yards N of "The Grove". No public access. [IoE] give a Grid Ref of TQ 140 668 | ||
102 | 4b | TQ 140 658 | Esher | R | N side of railway beside No 100 Douglas Road, opposite junction with Blair Avenue | |
103 | 2e | TQ 139 657 | Esher | R | S side of Lower Green Road opposite Lower Green Open Space and railway bridge leading to Douglas Road | |
104 | 2* | TQ 145 653 | Esher | R | N side of Portsmouth Road, 600 yards W of the Scilly Isles, almost built into "The Toll House" | |
105 | 2h | TQ 148 647 | Esher | W side of Littleworth Lane, N of junction with Littleworth Road, outside "Lessworth" | ||
106 | 2f | TQ 147 644 | Esher | N side of New Road at junction with Littleworth Road | ||
107 | 2 | TQ 146 641 | Claygate | W side of Arbrook Lane at junction with Milbourne Lane | ||
108 | 2h | TQ 142 629 | Claygate | W side of track leading to Arbrook Farm from Copsem Lane, N of bridge over Rythe | ||
109 | 2e | TQ 141 622 | Oxshott | R | W side of Copsem Lane, corner of The Rythe private road, 100 yards S of Esher Common roundabout | |
110 | 2e | TQ 140 618 | Oxshott | R | W side of Copsem Lane at junction with Sandy Lane and Warren Lane | |
111 | 5 | TQ 148 618 | Oxshott | SE side of railway embankment, SW of Stokesheath Road. View from railway bridge | ||
112 | 2h | TQ 148 618 | Oxshott | SW side of Stokesheath Road near Stokesheath Road Bridge, in grounds of "Foxholes" | ||
- | ? | TQ 150 619 | Oxshott | Stokesheath Road, post buried in grounds of Stokesheath Farm at present [Listed by Elm but not Nail] | ||
113 | 2e | TQ 153 621 | Oxshott | S side of Birchwood Lane (the public bridleway to Arbrook Common), 400 yards E of railway | ||
114 | 2e | TQ 158 624 | Claygate | E side of New Road/Covets Lane by bridge over ditch, adjacent to Holroyds Plantation | ||
Epsom and Ewell | ||||||
Posts 115 - 117 are on the Kingston upon Thames / Mole Valley border | ||||||
115 | 2e | TQ 166 600 | Malden Rushett | R | W side of Leatherhead Road at the point where it becomes Kingston Road, Leatherhead outside "The Star" | |
116 | 2 | TQ 173 601 | Malden Rushett | Edge of Ashtead Woods 800 yards S of Rushett Farm | ||
117 | 2e | TQ 178 606 | Malden Rushett | Edge of Ashtead Woods 500 yards SE of Rushett Farm | ||
118 | 2 | TQ 183 612 | Epsom | R | N side of Christ Church Road in Stew Pond Valley about 200 yards E of the post below | |
119 | 2* | TQ 182 612 | Epsom | R | S side of Christ Church Road at the point where it becomes Rushett Lane, outside Glanmire Farm | |
120 | 2e | TQ 181 609 | Epsom | Near Woodcock Corner, 250 yards S of Glanmire Farm | ||
121 | 4a | TQ 193 597 | Ashtead | SE side of railway where it crosses the Rye on Epsom Common | ||
122 | 2e | TQ 194 594 | Ashtead | R | N side of Dorking Road at the point where it becomes Epsom Road | |
123 | 2e | TQ 199 583 | Ashtead | E | E side of Pleasure Pit Road, just S of Headley Road. Not found | |
124 | 2h | TQ 200 579 | Ashtead | W of Headley Road beside footpath by stables | ||
125 | 2e | TQ 201 574 | Langley Vale | R | S side of Langley Vale Road at junction with Headley Road and Downs Road | |
126 | 2e | TQ 209 572 | Langley Vale | 300 yards S of Langley Bottom Farm on W side of track leading to Nohome Farm | ||
127 | 2e | TQ 215 575 | Langley Vale | In wood S of E end of Beaconsfield Road | ||
128 | 2e | TQ 219 577 | Epsom Downs | R | 20 yards E of Walton Road (bridleway) in clearing, 150 yards N of junction with Old London Road (bridleway) | |
129 | 2e | TQ 221 578 | Epsom Downs | R | W side of Old London Road, by its S crossing of Race Course | |
130 | 2e | TQ 223 581 | Tattenham Corner | R | E side of Old London Road by the 5 furlong post of the Race Course | |
131 | 2e | TQ 224 581 | Tattenham Corner | R | E side of Epsom Lane North, 100 yards S of Tattenham Crescent, on a grassy knoll | |
132 | 2e | TQ 225 584 | Tattenham Corner | R | Tattenham Corner Road, outside "The Tattenham Corner" public house | |
133 | 2* | TQ 226 578 | Tadworth | R | E side of Epsom Lane North outside No 100 | |
Reigate and Banstead | ||||||
134 | 2e | TQ 223 571 | E side of Walton Downs 250 yards N of Downs Way Close | |||
135 | 2 | TQ 226 560 | S side of Motts Hill Lane, 100 yards W of The Avenue behind fence | |||
136 | 2 | TQ 226 558 | W side of footpath leading to Withybed Corner 150 yards S of Motts Hill Lane | |||
137 | 2c | TQ 227 553 | Walton on the Hill | W side of Deans Lane at junction with The Street | ||
138 | 2c | TQ 228 552 | W side of Deans Lane in garden of "The Rise" | |||
139 | 2 | TQ 229 551 | E end of Chucks Lane, on the heath | |||
140 | 2e | TQ 230 548 | SE side of Dorking Road 400 yards N of junction with Deanes Lane | |||
141 | 2e | TQ 231 547 | 100 yards SE of previous post on Walton Heath | |||
142 | 2c | TQ 232 546 | 150 yards SE of previous post, beside sheds | |||
143 | 2e | TQ 233 542 | 400 yards SE of previous post near summit of hill | |||
144 | 2e | TQ 234 536 | 500 yards S of previous post, 150 yards S of pond | |||
145 | 2e | TQ 235 535 | 200 yards S of previous post at fork in tracks | |||
146 | 2d | TQ 236 531 | 500 yards SE of previous post, 400 yards W of "The Sportsman" | |||
147 | 2e | TQ 237 530 | 200 yards S of previous post | |||
148 | 2e | TQ 237 529 | 100 yards S of previous post | |||
149 | 2e | TQ 239 525 | E side of Margery Grove 200 yards from S end | |||
150 | 2e | TQ 239 524 | E side of Margery Grove 100 yards from S end | |||
151 | 2* | TQ 238 523 | At S end of Margery Grove (The most S post - with 152. 33 miles S of Post 36) | |||
152 | 2e | TQ 240 523 | On N side of footpath from Colley Hill to Margery Grove | |||
153 | 2e | TQ 240 530 | N side of Mogador Road, 100 yards S of "The Sportsman" | |||
154 | 2e | TQ 243 549 | 150 yards W of Brighton Road in Hogden Bottom | |||
155 | 2 | TQ 243 552 | Kingswood | R | E side of Brighton Road, 100 yards S of Birch Grove. 'opposite Kingswood School' [Nail] no sign of school | |
156 | 2e | TQ 241 566 | W side of Brighton Road, outside Red House School. Not found | |||
157 | 2e | TQ 258 571 | W of the footpath which crosses railway 1200 yards E of Kingswood Station S of railway. Not found | |||
158 | 2* | TQ 262 573 | At edge of Banstead Wood, near Fames Rough | |||
159 | 2* | TQ 272 579 | Chipstead | R | E side of Outwood Lane, 300 yards S of Hazelwood Lane, opposite and 100 yards W of Stagbury House | |
160 | 2* | TQ 275 578 | Chipstead | R | W side of Hazelwood Lane at junction with Bridgeway and Stagbury Close | |
161 | 2d | TQ 279 578 | Chipstead | R | W side of How Lane, opposite Yew Tree Close | |
162 | 2c | TQ 286 580 | Chipstead | R | At junction of Coulsdon Lane, Hollymeoak Road, Portnalls Road, Rickman Hill Road and Hollymead Road | |
163 | 2 | TQ 291 576 | Hooley | R | E side of Brighton Road, about 150 yards N of the present boundary between Croydon and Reigate & Banstead, opposite and 30 yards S of Grassfield Close | |
164 | 2* | TQ 289 568 | Hooley | R | E side of Brighton Road beside Star Bridge / Netherne Drive | |
165 | 4 | TQ 289 567 | Hooley | r | W side of Redhill railway line, 100 yards S of Star Bridge. Not found | |
- | ? | TQ 295 567 | Netherne | W side of road at the junction of Woodplace Lane, Netherne Lane and Park Lane. "By side of footpath. Removed by Netherne Hospital Management Committee about 1949, disposal not known." [B57] | ||
Tandridge | ||||||
166 | 2d | TQ 304 568 | Coulsdon | R | E side of Ditches Lane, near Devilsden Wood | |
167 | 2d | TQ 322 568 | Coulsdon | R | E side of Coulsdon Road, on Coulsdon Common opposite The Grove. On the present boundary between Croydon and Tandridge | |
168 | 2 | TQ 325 570 | Coulsdon | R | W side of Stites Hill Road / Ninehams Road, Caterham. Just N of No 122 Ninehams Road. On the present boundary between Croydon and Tandridge | |
169 | 2 | TQ 338 583 | Whyteleafe | R | W side of Whyteleafe Hill, 50 yards E of Hornchurch Hill. 'in front of public library' [Nail] - library now demolished | |
170 | 4c | TQ 340 581 | Whyteleafe | R | E side of railway 400 yards S of Whyteleafe Station, behind No 376 Godstone Road | |
171 | 2 | TQ 341 580 | Whyteleafe | R | W side of Godstone Road, outside No 376. (300 yards N of Salmons Lane, opposite and 50 yds SE of Hillside Road) | |
172 | 2h | TQ 344 577 | Whyteleafe | r | N side of Well Farm Road 100 yards E of Godstone Road. Not found | |
173 | 5 | TQ 353 570 | Woldingham | r | S side of Stuart Road, 100 yards from Woldingham Road. Not found | |
174 | 2 | TQ 354 570 | Woldingham | R | W side of Woldingham Road at junction with Stuart Road | |
175 | 2* | TQ 358 577 | Woldingham | R | E side of Bug Hill outside "Halliloo House" (was called "Watendlath") | |
176 | 2 | TQ 365 583 | Warlingham | - | W side of Chelsham Road at junction with Limpsfield Road. Now moved to: | |
TQ 364 582 | Warlingham | R | N side of Limpsfield Road 50 yards W of Chelsham Road | |||
177 | 2d | TQ 366 584 | Warlingham | R | N side of Sunny Bank at junction with Chelsham Road | |
178 | 2d | TQ 371 591 | Chelsham | R | S side of Harrow Road at junction with Chelsham Road | |
179 | 2d | TQ 365 597 | Farleigh | R E | E side of Old Farleigh Road just N of "The Harrow" | |
180 | 2 | TQ 368 596 | Farleigh | R E | N end of Daniels Lane, at edge of Little Park Wood | |
181 | 2d | TQ 382 602 | Farleigh | R E | On the edge of Little Farleigh Green on footpath to Fickleshole. About 200 yards NE of the point where Farleigh Court Road becomes Scotshall Lane | |
182 | 2d | TQ 385 610 | Fickleshole | W side of Featherbed Lane 800 yards N of Fickleshole. Missing - London Borough of Croydon lists of 1997 & 1999 [Cro] | ||
Bromley | ||||||
183 | 2d | TQ 395 613 | New Addington | R | SW side of King Henry's Drive, 200 yards SE of junction with Fairchildes Avenue and 200 yards NW of the junction with Layhams Road, Sheepbarn Lane and Skid Hill Lane | |
184 | 2d | TQ 396 610 | New Addington | R | W side of Skid Hill Lane, 100 yards S of the junction with King Henry's Drive, Layhams Road and Sheepbarn Lane | |
185 | 2c | TQ 398 611 | New Addington | R | N side of Sheepbarn Lane, 150 yards E of the junction with King Henry's Drive, Layhams Road and Skid Hill Lane | |
186 | 2d | TQ 415 617 | Leaves Green | R | W side of Leaves Green Road in middle of Leaves Green | |
187 | 2d | TQ 424 612 | Downe | R | W of Milking Lane on West Kent Golf Course | |
188 | 2 | TQ 435 600 | Berry's Green | R | W side of Single Street near the point where it becomes Luxted Road outside "Brambleside" | |
189 | 2d | TQ 439 606 | Cudham / Downe | R | SW side of Cudham Road, Downe (aka Hangrove Hill) at the point where it becomes Downe Road, Cudham. Outside an house called "The Boundary" | |
190 | 2h | TQ 451 629 | Cudham | R e | W side of Cudham Lane opposite No 83 | |
191 | 2 | TQ 455 632 | Green Street Green | R | W side of Old Hill on corner of Cudham Lane North | |
192 | 2 | TQ 456 633 | Green Street Green | R | E side of Farnborough Way at junction with High Street. Near the Royal Oak and opposite the Rose and Crown | |
193 | 2c | TQ 456 635 | Green Street Green | R W | W side of High Street opposite Baptist Church | |
194 | 2 | TQ 456 639 | Green Street Green | W side of Sevenoaks Road at junction with Farnborough Hill | ||
195 | 2 | TQ 455 644 | Green Street Green | W | W side of Sevenoaks Road at junction with Shire Lane | |
196 | 2 | TQ 463 644 | N side of Warren Road in garden of No 153A | |||
197 | 5 | TQ 463 646 | SW of railway by rear fence of No 15 Crown Close | |||
198 | 2d | TQ 467 651 | N side of Goddington Lane, outside No 49 | |||
199 | 2c | TQ 480 651 | Chelsfield | R | W side of Chelsfield Lane by entrance to Goddington Park (Pleasure Ground) | |
200 | 2d | TQ 484 652 | E side of Skibbs Lane 1200 yards N of Chelsfield | |||
Kent | ||||||
201 | 2d | TQ 501 658 | Crockenhill | W side of Daltons Road 800 yards N of Skeet Hill | ||
202 | 2 | TQ 498 671 | Crockenhill | S side of Cray Road/Crockenhill Road | ||
203 | 2 | TQ 504 675 | Crockenhill | W side of Stones Cross Road by pond | ||
204 | 2 | TQ 506 676 | Crockenhill | W side of Green Court Road outside "Courtlands" | ||
205 | 2 | TQ 506 678 | Crockenhill | N side of Stones Cross Rd at junction with Green Court Rd | ||
206 | 4b | TQ 505 681 | Crockenhill | N side of railway 500 yards W of Swanley Station | ||
207 | 2 | TQ 503 699 | Crockenhill | W side of Birch Wood Road N of junction with Leydenhatch Lane | ||
208 | 2* | TQ 507 725 | Swanley | In rear fence of 57 Baldwyns Park, N of Tile Kiln Lane | ||
209 | 2* | TQ 507 729 | S side of Dartford Road/Old Bexley Lane | |||
210 | 2h | TQ 512 739 | 500 yards S of Crayford Station in front of entrance to quarry | |||
211 | 2d | TQ 516 739 | W side of Station Road, opposite No 205 | |||
212 | 2d | TQ 522 745 | At top of retaining wall at junction of Dartford Road, Crayford Road and Princes Road | |||
213 | 2 | TQ 523 745 | W side of Maiden Lane at junction with Crayford road and Dartford Road | |||
214 | 2g | TQ 524 747 | E side of Maiden Lane, S of railway bridge | |||
215 | 5 | TQ 524 747 | E side of Maiden Lane, S of railway behind fence (Base only remains) | |||
216 | 4c | TQ 531 751 | E side of railway, N of Stanham River On north bank of Stanham River where railway line crosses it, on east side of viaduct. Access to south bank via lane beside 229 Burnham Road and can view across river (PMSA) | |||
217 | 1 | TQ 540 781 | On shore of Thames, W of mouth of Darent (The most E post. 32 miles E of the original location of Post 82) | |||
Other posts | ||||||
There are also two other posts which were never actually used as boundary marks but which were erected outside Stockers House, Rickmansworth, a house built by the City for the inspector of coal traffic on the Grand Junction Canal. They are as follows: | ||||||
218 | 2a | TQ 052 934 | Rickmansworth | In front of Stockers House. Now moved to side entrance to Stockers House beside towpath | ||
219 | 2a | TQ 052 934 | Rickmansworth | In front of Stockers House. Now moved to: custody of Rickmansworth Historical society | ||
Roger W Haworth 2004 Oct 2 | ||||||
No. | T2 | OT | OS Grid Ref | Village | P | Location |
No | This is the post's Nail Number - see Sources below. Posts are listed anticlockwise from the estuary - with possibly a few deviations from strict line-of-boundary sequence. | ||||||||||||
T2 | Entry here if Nail Type 2 | The key to the type suffices, eg. 2a** is not yet to hand. | |||||||||||
OT | Entry here if other Nail Type | ||||||||||||
OS Grid Ref | Links are to photo pages. Yellow highlight means the Grid Ref in the [CoL] version of the Nail list is wrong. The correct one appears here. | ||||||||||||
Village | Many of these posts still stand on boundaries so it is not always possible to tell exactly in which local authority area a given post stands. Therefore the village and area names should not be treated too rigidly. | ||||||||||||
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[Nail] | The Coal Duties of the City of London and their Boundary
Marks, 1972 by Martin Nail. This report gives each Post a number - the Nail Number and a Type. A copy of the report is held by the Corporation of London Records Office. Tel 020 7332 1251. [RWH] has not yet had sight of this report but believes that it is the source (probably with very little change) of … | |
[CoL] | Corporation of London - full list as a small PDF | |
[B57] | Bourne Society Bulletin - 1957 | |
[Elm] | Elmbridge list | |
[Bro] | Hertfordshire list - Brookmans Park site | |
[IoE] | Images of England - difficult to find Coal Post entries - try these results of searching | |
[Cro] | London Borough of Croydon - list of Listed Buildings | |
[RWH] | Roger W Haworth - editor and photographer of these pages |
Post Types
Sadly the sources have used their own codes for the different post types. In the main table the Nail
types are used. They are listed below together
with the codes used by the other two sources that give post types.
Nail | Bro | Elm | ||
1 | Slightly tapered granite obelisks, 4 feet high, erected on the banks of canals and rivers | C | 4 | |
2 | Square cast iron column with bevelled corners, 3 to 4 feet high - the most common type |
D | 1 | |
3 | Cast-iron boxes or plates, about 10 inches square, built into the parapets of bridges | - | - | |
4 | Four sided stone or cast-iron obelisks on a square base, 14 feet high, erected by the side of railways prior to the 1861 Act | A | 2 | |
5 | Cast iron obelisks on a square base, 5 feet high, erected beside railways | B | 3 |
Editor's Notes