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Trent and Mersey Canal, Canal Milepost South East of Bridge Number 206 at SJ 61017538

A Grade II Listed Building in Little Leigh, Cheshire West and Chester

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Coordinates

Latitude: 53.274 / 53°16'26"N

Longitude: -2.5859 / 2°35'9"W

OS Eastings: 361023

OS Northings: 375387

OS Grid: SJ610753

Mapcode National: GBR BZCL.Y2

Mapcode Global: WH994.7YVY

Plus Code: 9C5V7CF7+JJ

Entry Name: Trent and Mersey Canal, Canal Milepost South East of Bridge Number 206 at SJ 61017538

Listing Date: 5 July 1994

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1244329

English Heritage Legacy ID: 449371

ID on this website: 101244329

Location: Cheshire West and Chester, Cheshire, CW8

County: Cheshire West and Chester

Civil Parish: Little Leigh

Traditional County: Cheshire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Cheshire

Church of England Parish: Aston St Peter

Church of England Diocese: Chester

Tagged with: Milestone

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Description


LITTLE LEIGH TRENT AND MERSEY
SJ 67 NW CANAL (south side)

1650-/2/10002 Canal Milepost South East of
Bridge No. 206 at SJ 6101 7538

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
88 miles" "Preston Brook 4 miles". 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: SJ6102375387

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