TL3205 : Coal Post, Wormley Wood

near to Wormley West End, Hertfordshire, Great Britain

Coal Post, Wormley Wood.
Coal Post, Wormley Wood.
This coal post is one of 250 which encircled London after the Great Fire in 1666. Taxes on coal and wine were collected at the post to help pay for the rebuilding of London. The post stands in a secluded corner of Wormley Wood, part of 360 acres of woodland purchased from the Gascoyne Cecil Estate. It had been in that family since queen Elizabeth I's minister Sir William Cecil bought it 300 years ago.
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TL3205, 4 images   (find more images nearby)
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Steve Bayley   (find more nearby)
Image classification
Geograph
Date Taken
Saturday, 27 May, 2006
Submitted
Tuesday, 30 May, 2006
Category
Coal Tax Post   (find more nearby)
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! TL 322 057 [100m precision]
WGS84: 51:44.0657N 0:5.2192W
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OSGB36: geotagged! TL 322 057
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North-northeast (about 22 degrees)
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