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Trent and Mersey Canal, Canal Milepost off A38 at SK 1939 1722

A Grade II Listed Building in Barton-under-Needwood, Staffordshire

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Coordinates

Latitude: 52.7521 / 52°45'7"N

Longitude: -1.7144 / 1°42'51"W

OS Eastings: 419372

OS Northings: 317208

OS Grid: SK193172

Mapcode National: GBR 4D0.KC9

Mapcode Global: WHCGJ.M2TZ

Plus Code: 9C4WQ72P+V6

Entry Name: Trent and Mersey Canal, Canal Milepost off A38 at SK 1939 1722

Listing Date: 10 February 1995

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1252855

English Heritage Legacy ID: 361647

ID on this website: 101252855

Location: East Staffordshire, DE13

County: Staffordshire

District: East Staffordshire

Civil Parish: Barton-under-Needwood

Traditional County: Staffordshire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Staffordshire

Church of England Parish: Barton-under-Needwood

Church of England Diocese: Lichfield

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Description


The following building shall be added to the list:-

SK 11 NE BARTON-UNDER-NEEDWOOD TRENT AND MERSEY
CANAL (West side)


Canal Milepost off A38 at
2/10003 SK 1939 1722


- 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 21 miles" "Preston Brook 71 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: SK1937217207

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