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Mike Abbott's mysterious object in East Acton Lane

I don't recall ever seeing anything like this before, but I thought it might be a boundary post, marking a parish or municipal boundary. I dug out a reproduction O.S. map (East Acton and Wormholt, 1913) and saw that there was B.P. marked at that very spot, which stands for boundary post. (The abandoned fish-and-chip shop which the post is right next to was at that time the Bull's Head pub.)Sure enough, the boundary that runs north-south there is marked "Parliamentary and Metropolitan Borough Boundary" and "Union and Urban District Boundary". One hell of a boundary! And worthy of a nice marker post. I'd like to go and see it and see if the writing can be deciphered .  

Vin Miles ● 5301d1 Comments

As Vin says, it is a boundary marker. It also marks the parish boundary. There were three like that in the park by the corner of Old Oak Lane at Savoy Circus behind the fish and chip shop.It marks where the stream wiggled around!

Amanda Knights ● 5301d