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Latitude: 52.8861 / 52°53'9"N
Longitude: -2.4569 / 2°27'24"W
OS Eastings: 369354
OS Northings: 332167
OS Grid: SJ693321
Mapcode National: GBR 7W.Q9Q3
Mapcode Global: WH9C4.7Q9B
Plus Code: 9C4VVGPV+C7
Entry Name: Shropshire Union Canal Direction Post About 115 Metres South East of Bridge Number 59
Listing Date: 14 May 1985
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1206003
English Heritage Legacy ID: 362642
ID on this website: 101206003
Location: Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire, TF9
County: Staffordshire
District: Newcastle-under-Lyme
Civil Parish: Loggerheads
Traditional County: Staffordshire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Staffordshire
Church of England Parish: Market Drayton St Mary
Church of England Diocese: Lichfield
Tagged with: Milestone Architectural structure
SJ 63 SE LOGGERHEADS C.P SHROPSHIRE UNION CANAL
(west side) Tyrley
11/160 Direction post about
115m south-east of
Bridge No.59
II
Direction post. C.1830. Cast iron. Short cylindrical round-topped
post with rectangular plates attached to front, 2 to top and one to
bottom. Raised lettering on plates reads: "AUTHERLEY/JUNCTION/25
MILES" (left-hand side); "NANTWICH/14/MILES" (right-hand side) and
"NORBURY/JUNCTION/9½ MILES" (bottom). This stretch of canal formerly
formed part of the Birmingham and Liverpool Junction Canal (Act passed
1826, opened 1835), which was absorbed by the Ellesmere and Chester
Canal in 1845 and eventually became part of the Shropshire Union in
1846. V.C.H. II, (1967), p.295; Charles Hadfield, The Canals of. the
West Midlands, (1966), Pp.183-9.
Listing NGR: SJ6935432167
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