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Trent and Mersey Canal Milepost at Lock Number 37 at SJ 8743 4610

A Grade II Listed Building in Stoke-on-Trent, City of Stoke-on-Trent

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Coordinates

Latitude: 53.0121 / 53°0'43"N

Longitude: -2.1887 / 2°11'19"W

OS Eastings: 387433

OS Northings: 346109

OS Grid: SJ874461

Mapcode National: GBR MHG.RR

Mapcode Global: WHBCT.BKZ5

Plus Code: 9C5V2R66+VG

Entry Name: Trent and Mersey Canal Milepost at Lock Number 37 at SJ 8743 4610

Listing Date: 10 February 1995

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1242003

English Heritage Legacy ID: 441343

ID on this website: 101242003

Location: Cliff Vale, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, ST4

County: City of Stoke-on-Trent

Electoral Ward/Division: Hanley Park and Shelton

Parish: Non Civil Parish

Built-Up Area: Stoke-on-Trent

Traditional County: Staffordshire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Staffordshire

Church of England Parish: Stoke upon Trent and Fenton

Church of England Diocese: Lichfield

Tagged with: Architectural structure Milestone

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Description


STOKE ON TRENT

TRENT AND MERSEY CANAL
(west side)
SJ 84 NE
Canal Milepost at Lock No 37 at SJ 8743 4610

II

Canal milepost. Circa 1819. Cast iron painted black and white. Circular post with moulded head and embossed letters on 2 convex tablets below: "Shardlow 56 miles" "Preston Brook 36 miles:", Probably cast in the foundry of Rangeley and Dixon in Lichfield street, Stone*. Thc Trent. And Mersey Canal 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: SJ8743346109

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