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Trent and Mersey Canal Milepost off Shobnall Street at SK 2363 2385

A Grade II Listed Building in Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire

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Coordinates

Latitude: 52.8118 / 52°48'42"N

Longitude: -1.6508 / 1°39'3"W

OS Eastings: 423631

OS Northings: 323860

OS Grid: SK236238

Mapcode National: GBR 5DN.PFW

Mapcode Global: WHCG5.ML38

Plus Code: 9C4WR86X+PM

Entry Name: Trent and Mersey Canal Milepost off Shobnall Street at SK 2363 2385

Listing Date: 10 February 1995

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1261831

English Heritage Legacy ID: 436532

ID on this website: 101261831

Location: Outwoods, East Staffordshire, DE14

County: Staffordshire

District: East Staffordshire

Civil Parish: Shobnall

Built-Up Area: Burton upon Trent

Traditional County: Staffordshire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Staffordshire

Church of England Parish: Burton St Aidan and St Paul

Church of England Diocese: Lichfield

Tagged with: Milestone Architectural structure

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Description


BURTON-UPON-TRENT TRENT AND MERSEY
SK 22 SW
CANAL (East side)
6/10003 Canal Milepost off
Shobnall Street at SK 2363
2385

- 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 16 miles"
"Preston Book 76 miles". Probably cast in the foundry of Rangeley and Dixon in Lichfield Street,
Stone. The Trent and Mersey Canal was built between 1766 and 1770 by James Brindley and Hugh
Henshall.
Charles Hadfield, The Canals ofthe West Midlands (1966)
Jean Lindsay, The Trent and Mersey Canal (1979)


Listing NGR: SK2363123860

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