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Trent and Mersey Canal Milepost at SK 1291 1335

A Grade II Listed Building in King's Bromley, Staffordshire

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Coordinates

Latitude: 52.7172 / 52°43'1"N

Longitude: -1.8092 / 1°48'33"W

OS Eastings: 412982

OS Northings: 313298

OS Grid: SK129132

Mapcode National: GBR 4D8.RDD

Mapcode Global: WHCGH.5YQT

Plus Code: 9C4WP58R+V8

Entry Name: Trent and Mersey Canal Milepost at SK 1291 1335

Listing Date: 10 February 1995

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1249245

English Heritage Legacy ID: 431329

ID on this website: 101249245

Location: Lichfield, Staffordshire, WS13

County: Staffordshire

District: Lichfield

Civil Parish: King's Bromley

Traditional County: Staffordshire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Staffordshire

Tagged with: Milestone Architectural structure

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Description


KING'S BROMLEY TRENT AND MERSEY
SK 11 SW CANAL (East side)

11/10003 Canal Milepost at SK
1291 1335

- 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 26 miles" "Preston Brook 66 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: SK1298213298

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