Local List: Road signpost at junction of Colchester Road and Mill Road, West Mersea (DCC26141)

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Grade Other
Authority Colchester Borough Council
Date assigned 24 August 2020
Date last amended

Description

Cast iron sign post, with distinctive semi-circular parish plate finial. Manufactured by Maldon Iron Works during the 1920s/30s. Both of the arms have been broken off (now stubs). The signpost was adopted onto the Local List by the Local Plan Committee on 24/08/20. An example of a historic, and locally manufactured, road sign, one of a small number of surviving examples in the Borough. Although the arms are missing, they could be restored.

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Sources (1)

  • Photograph: Tipper, Jess. 2020. Digital photographs of road signpost at junction of Colchester Road and Mill Road, West Mersea. Digital.

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Location

Grid reference TM 0147 1350 (point)
Map sheet TM01SW
County ESSEX
Civil Parish WEST MERSEA, COLCHESTER, ESSEX

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Record last edited

Sep 4 2020 8:27AM

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