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Trent and Mersey Canal Canal Milepost South of North Entrance to Preston Brook Tunnel at SJ 5705 7987

A Grade II Listed Building in Preston Brook, Halton

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Coordinates

Latitude: 53.3143 / 53°18'51"N

Longitude: -2.6461 / 2°38'46"W

OS Eastings: 357050

OS Northings: 379897

OS Grid: SJ570798

Mapcode National: GBR 9ZY3.XN

Mapcode Global: WH98X.BY5L

Plus Code: 9C5V8973+PH

Entry Name: Trent and Mersey Canal Canal Milepost South of North Entrance to Preston Brook Tunnel at SJ 5705 7987

Listing Date: 5 July 1994

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1115837

English Heritage Legacy ID: 351189

ID on this website: 101115837

Location: Dutton, Halton, Cheshire, WA4

County: Halton

Civil Parish: Preston Brook

Traditional County: Cheshire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Cheshire

Church of England Parish: Daresbury All Saints

Church of England Diocese: Chester

Tagged with: Milestone Building

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Description


The follwing building shall be added:

SJ 57 NE HALTON TRENT AND MERSEY
CANAL

36- /8/10003 Canal Milepost South of North
Entrance to Preston Brook
Tunnel at SJ 5705 7987


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 2 convex tablets below: "Shardlow
92 miles" "Preston Brook". 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: SJ5705079897

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