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Part 1 Part 2 Coal posts were markers indicating the point at which duty was payable on coal or wine entering London. The money raised was used for road improvements, including the construction of a number of bridges over the River Thames. 
Coal Post at location TQ 124679 outside number 47 Molesey Road, West Molesey, 2nd September 2007.
Another view of the Coal Post outside of number 47 Molesey Road, West Molesey, 2nd September 2007.
Coal posts were erected beside roads, canals, rivers and railways.
The most common type is a bollard about 1.2 metres high. Some are
merely plaques inset into the parapet of bridges, while others are
obelisks 1.2, 1.5 or 4.5 metres in height. Almost all are made of
cast iron, the exception being the granite 1.2 metre high obelisks. |
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