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Trent and Mersey Canal Milepost at SJ 8860 3883

A Grade II Listed Building in Barlaston, Staffordshire

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Coordinates

Latitude: 52.9466 / 52°56'47"N

Longitude: -2.1708 / 2°10'14"W

OS Eastings: 388619

OS Northings: 338815

OS Grid: SJ886388

Mapcode National: GBR 153.9Z0

Mapcode Global: WHBD6.M6HD

Plus Code: 9C4VWRWH+JM

Entry Name: Trent and Mersey Canal Milepost at SJ 8860 3883

Listing Date: 10 February 1995

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1051993

English Heritage Legacy ID: 361638

ID on this website: 101051993

Location: Barlaston, Stafford, Staffordshire, ST12

County: Staffordshire

District: Stafford

Civil Parish: Barlaston

Traditional County: Staffordshire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Staffordshire

Church of England Parish: Barlaston St John the Baptist

Church of England Diocese: Lichfield

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SJ 83 NE
5/10009

BARLSTON
TRENT AND MERSEY CANAL (West side)
Canal Milepost at SJ 8860 3883

II

Canal milepost. Dated "R & D Stone 1819" on shaft. Cast iron painted black and white. Circular post with moulded head and embossed letters on two convex tablets below: "Shardlow 51 miles" "Preston Brook 41 miles". Probably cast in the foundry of Rangeley and Dixon in Lichfield Street, Stone. The Trent and Mersey Canal was built between 1766 and 1777 by James Brindley and Hugh Henshall.

Charles Hadfield, The Canals of the West Midlands (1966)

Jean Lindsay, The Trent and Mersey Canal (1979)

Listing NGR: SJ8861938815

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