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Epsom Downs
Post 129
Panorama
Looking from Post 129, we see Posts 132, 130 and 131
Post 130
Post 131
Epsom
Post 132
Post 133
Tadworth
Post 135
Motts Hill Lane, Tadworth
Post 136
Footpath leading to Withybed Corner
Walton on the Hill
Post 137
Post 138
Post 139
Post 140
Walton Heath
Post 141
Post 142
Post 143
Pond midway between Posts 143 & 144
Post 144
Post 145
Post 146
Post 148 can be seen in the distance on the right
Post 147
Post 148
Mogador Road
Post 149
Martin Nail describes this as Margery Grove. Either the roads were renamed at the time the M25 was built or, more likely, Martin Nail got it wrong. Post 149 was possibly right where the motorway now is.
Post 150
Post 151
Post 152
The view from near Post 152
Post 153
Post 154
Kingswood
Post 155
Chipstead
Post 159
Post 160
Post 161
Post 162
Hooley
Post 163
Boundary
On the Brighton Road midway between Posts 163 and 164 marking the boundary between:
Reigate and Banstead / Croydon
Highways Authority / Transport for London - this being a trunk road
Northward digression
TQ 3120 6176. Someone sent me this picture and asked what is it? It is painted on a wall in Foxley Lane, Purley near the junction with Russell Hill Road, ie. at the junction with those two roads and the Purley Way and Pampisford Road.
The text is “DOT N
o. A23 1900 R”. DOT is Department of Transport,
A23 is the road number and 1900 R is the entry in the DOT’s list. But list of what? The answer is: list of walls, bridges and other structures which were the responsibility of the DOT. (I think I have seen similar signs on bridges.) The name
Department of Transport existed between 1976 and 1997. It and its successors are responsible for trunk roads except, as the "HA/TfL" notice in the previous image indicates
Transport for London looks after this wall.
But why? At some stage, probably at the time of the creation of the Purley one-way system, this bit of Foxley Lane was widened necessitating a retaining wall which became the responsibility of the DOT.
Post 164
Obelisk 165 - not found
Post 166 - accident prone
Post 166
This is kept because the rotated version had some retouching to prevent a white area at top right
Coulsdon
Post 167
Between Posts 167 & 168
Post 168
Whyteleafe
Post 169
Obelisk 170
Post 171
Post 172
Post 173
Post 174
Warlingham
Post 175
Chelsham
Post 176
TQ 364 582 Limpsfield Road, Warlingham outside Sainsbury's.
The spots on this picture are, I believe, fog
Post 177
Post 178
Post 179
Post 180
Post 181
New Addington
Post 183
Post 184
Post 185
Bromley
Post 186
Post 187
Post 188
Post 190
Post 191
Post 192
Post 193
Post 199
Post 200
Swanley
Post 201
Post 202
Post 203
Post 204
Post 205
Obelisk 206
Bexley
Post 207
Post 208
Post 209
South side of Dartford Road/Old Bexley Lane on the present Bexley/Dartford boundary. Satellite images show the road surface changing about 5 yards to the right of the post’s present position. This is a good indication of the exact boundary. I think this post has been moved about 5 yards to the left so that it did not obstruct the Chinese take-away. Another strong indication is that its inscription plate is facing the hedge!
Post 210
TQ 51197 73966 on the north corner of the junction of Melrose Avenue and Falstaff Close. The quarry mentioned by Martin Nail has been redeveloped as housing. No idea how far this post is from its original position. The people re-siting this post had a very strange idea: instead of sinking it into the ground, they stood it on the pavement and then encased its legs in concrete.
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