Shropshire Union Canal Direction Post About 115 Metres South East Of Bridge Number 59 is a Grade II listed building in the Newcastle-under-Lyme local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 May 1985. Direction post.

Shropshire Union Canal Direction Post About 115 Metres South East Of Bridge Number 59

WRENN ID
open-parapet-crimson
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Newcastle-under-Lyme
Country
England
Date first listed
14 May 1985
Type
Direction post
Source
Historic England listing

Description

SJ 63 SE LOGGERHEADS C.P SHROPSHIRE UNION CANAL (west side) Tyrley

11/160 Direction post about 115m south-east of Bridge No.59

II

Direction post. C.1830. Cast iron. Short cylindrical round-topped post with rectangular plates attached to front, 2 to top and one to bottom. Raised lettering on plates reads: "AUTHERLEY/JUNCTION/25 MILES" (left-hand side); "NANTWICH/14/MILES" (right-hand side) and "NORBURY/JUNCTION/9½ MILES" (bottom). This stretch of canal formerly formed part of the Birmingham and Liverpool Junction Canal (Act passed 1826, opened 1835), which was absorbed by the Ellesmere and Chester Canal in 1845 and eventually became part of the Shropshire Union in 1846. V.C.H. II, (1967), p.295; Charles Hadfield, The Canals of. the West Midlands, (1966), Pp.183-9.

Listing NGR: SJ6935432167

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