> Coal-tax posts were marker posts, about 250 in number, first erected in 1851 and forming a rough circle about twenty miles from the centre of London, England, to mark the points where taxes on coal and wine due to the Corporation of London had to be paid.
A coal tax post. Used to mark the boundary to show imported coal into the City of London. The tax was enforced for 300 years. In the latter years different types of markers were erected made of stone and eventually cast-iron. The tax was abolished in 1890. (Technically 1889 but the last tax was collected in 1890)
Is this the one in Broxbourne woods? If so, there’s also one outside a house on Wormley high Rd, another just past the train tracks by Slipe Lane and also one by the River Lee all in a line.
The inscription “ACT 24 & 25 VICT CAP 42” refers to the 1861 act of Parliament that consolidated previous coal and wine duties.
Just to expand on the other replies, the inscription refers to an Act of Parliament. We know Acts of Parliament by their name and the year in which they were introduced (e.g. Theft Act 1968 ), but in the 19th C. they were known by the name of the Monarch (often abbreviated) , followed by the two years of the Monarch’s reign which corresponded to the parliamentary year, and a serial number of the Act within that session. ( e.g. 1870 Victoria 15 & 16 Cap 7 is the Act for punishing mutiny and dessetion ).
So, looking up Vict 24 & 25 Cap 42 in Eng & Wales Statutes, we find The London Coal and Wine Duties Continuance Act 1861
Is one on watford high street too, but also this larger one a bit further out.
This seems incredibly well kept. No graffiti, the crest looks repainted, the text is super clear too. Huh. Someone going out in the woods to keep these in order? Thats nice.
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[Ooh, they’re Grade II listed buildings!](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coal-tax_post)
> Coal-tax posts were marker posts, about 250 in number, first erected in 1851 and forming a rough circle about twenty miles from the centre of London, England, to mark the points where taxes on coal and wine due to the Corporation of London had to be paid.
A coal tax post. Used to mark the boundary to show imported coal into the City of London. The tax was enforced for 300 years. In the latter years different types of markers were erected made of stone and eventually cast-iron. The tax was abolished in 1890. (Technically 1889 but the last tax was collected in 1890)
[wiki](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coal-tax_post)
Is this the one in Broxbourne woods? If so, there’s also one outside a house on Wormley high Rd, another just past the train tracks by Slipe Lane and also one by the River Lee all in a line.
The inscription “ACT 24 & 25 VICT CAP 42” refers to the 1861 act of Parliament that consolidated previous coal and wine duties.
Just to expand on the other replies, the inscription refers to an Act of Parliament. We know Acts of Parliament by their name and the year in which they were introduced (e.g. Theft Act 1968 ), but in the 19th C. they were known by the name of the Monarch (often abbreviated) , followed by the two years of the Monarch’s reign which corresponded to the parliamentary year, and a serial number of the Act within that session. ( e.g. 1870 Victoria 15 & 16 Cap 7 is the Act for punishing mutiny and dessetion ).
So, looking up Vict 24 & 25 Cap 42 in Eng & Wales Statutes, we find The London Coal and Wine Duties Continuance Act 1861
https://preview.redd.it/mksri9q3cdme1.jpeg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c76c101d6b96d9432f50d35a55ded9f31e088418
Is one on watford high street too, but also this larger one a bit further out.
This seems incredibly well kept. No graffiti, the crest looks repainted, the text is super clear too. Huh. Someone going out in the woods to keep these in order? Thats nice.
Pilgrimage location to improve your reputation after doing too many shenanigans
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