Coal Tax posts There are three surviving coal-tax posts in the Staines area. These posts marked the limits of the tax jurisdiction of the Corporation of the City of London and were erected under the provisions of the London Coal and Wine Duties Continuance Act 1861. The two posts currently on Wraysbury Road were relocated to their present positions in the second half of the 20th century. The third, a cast-iron obelisk, is in Thames Street close to the Thames Lodge Hotel.
Coal Tax posts There are three surviving coal-tax posts in the Staines area These posts marked the limits of the tax jurisdiction of the Corporation of the City of London and were erected under the provisions of the London Coal and Wine Duties Continuance Act 1861 The two posts currently on Wraysbury Road were relocated to their present positions in the second half of the 20th century The third a cast-iron obelisk is in Thames Street close to the Thames Lodge Hotel