The Watford Observer is again delighted to team up with its friends at Watford Museum to look at two objects from the town’s past that have been relocated, a pair of coal duty markers.
The museum’s volunteer archivist Christine Orchard said: “Coal Duty markers like this were one of many that were erected in 1861 by the City of London to indicate where coal going into London became liable to tax.
“The coal tax had first been levied to help rebuild London after the Great Fire in 1666.
“Two of these markers, now just off the Market Place, are said to have been originally erected at Bushey Arches and Capel Road.
“They were relocated to the entrance of New Street in the 1970s.”
Watford Museum is open Thursday to Saturday, 10am to 5pm.
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