Staines-upon-Thames in Berkshire, England, United Kingdom — Northwestern Europe (the British Isles)

Coal Duty Post

Photographed by Stephen Palmer, September 9, 2023

1. Coal Duty Post Marker

Inscription.
This City of London Coal Duty Post originally erected in the mid 19th century near Wyrardisbury Station was re-erected here in 1979 by Meadhurst Club and Wraybury History Group

14 & 15 VICT
CAP 146

Erected 1979 by Meadhurst Club and Wraybury History Group.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Government & Politics.

Location. 51° 26.278′ N, 0° 31.503′ W. Marker is in Staines-upon-Thames, England, in Berkshire. It is on Wraysbury Road, on the right when traveling east. Marker is on the opposite side of the road to 115 Wraysbury Road. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 115 Wraysbury Road, Staines-upon-Thames, England TW18 4UA, United Kingdom. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the Greater South East.

Globally, it is on the Atlantic Ocean,

in the North Atlantic Region,

in Europe,

in Atlantic Europe,

on one of the British Isles,

in the Western World,

and in the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Roman Empire.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers

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are within 3 kilometers of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Lammas Recreational Park (approx. 0.3 kilometers away); The Hythe (approx. 0.8 kilometers away); Staines War Memorial (approx. 0.9 kilometers away); The Trafalgar Way (approx. one kilometer away); Roll Out The Lino (approx. one kilometer away); Egham War Memorial (approx. 1.5 kilometers away); Sealing of the Magna Carta at Runnymede (approx. 1.5 kilometers away); a different marker also named The Trafalgar Way (approx. 2.1 kilometers away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Staines-upon-Thames.

More about this marker. 14 & 15 VICT / CAP 146 is shorthand for ‘the 146th Act of Parliament passed in session held during the 14th and 15th regnal year of Queen Victoria’.
This Act was the Coal Duties (London and Westminster and Adjacent Counties) Act 1851

Also see . . . Coal-Tax Posts on Wikipedia.

Excerpt: "Coal imported into the City of London had been taxed since medieval times and, as it was originally all brought by sea to riverside wharfs, the collection of the duties was relatively easy. The City is a small (one square mile) but influential
Photographed by Stephen Palmer, September 9, 2023

2. Coal Duty Post Marker
and rich part of London. The Port of London, within which the duties were payable, stretched far beyond the boundaries of the City, all the way along the Thames from Yantlet Creek (downstream from Gravesend) to Staines."

(Submitted on September 11, 2023, by Stephen Palmer of Ascot, England.)

Additional commentary.
1. Coal Duty Post
Turns out that there are a few hundred of these encircling London. Note To Editor only visible by Contributor and editor

— Submitted September 13, 2023, by Stephen Palmer of Ascot, England.

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Photographed by Stephen Palmer, September 9, 2023

3. Coal Duty Post

Photographed by Stephen Palmer, September 9, 2023

4. Coal Duty Post

Credits. This page was last revised on October 6, 2023. It was originally submitted on September 11, 2023, by Stephen Palmer of Ascot, England. This page has been viewed 264 times since then and 49 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on September 11, 2023, by Stephen Palmer of Ascot, England. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.