1 mile G.P.O marker, Pierremont Crescent, Darlington, England.
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cmiller38
N 54° 31.710 W 001° 34.416
30U E 592307 N 6043260
This is one of 4 surviving, 1 mile G.P.O boundary markers. Unique to the North East town of Darlington.
Waymark Code: WM13W10
Location: North East England, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 02/27/2021
Views: 3
This is one of 4 surviving, 1 mile G.P.O boundary markers. Unique to the North East town of Darlington.
10 of them first appeared on a map in 1897(they do not appear in the preceding map of 1854). There is 4 surviving now. The prevailing theory behind these unique oddities is the GPO was given the monopoly on running the telegram service in 1870. Telegrams were delivered free to people within a 1 mile radius of the main post office. The posts were mainly found in the more affluent west end of the town. They are measured from the towns main post office at the time. Which was in Northgate. They seem to mark out the routes the post boys would take. So the theory is that these marked the boundaries where the post boys had to charge for delivery beyond these posts
Type of survey mark: Boundary marker
What indicators are near the mark to help people identify where it is located?:
When walking south on Pierremont Crescent it is between Millbank News newsagent and Milbank Road junction.
What property is this mark defining?: Not listed
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