3900 x 5890 px | 33 x 49,9 cm | 13 x 19,6 inches | 300dpi
Data acquisizione:
7 marzo 2015
Ubicazione:
Southend, Essex, UK
Altre informazioni:
London Stone is the name given to a number of boundary stones which stand beside the rivers Thames and Medway, which formerly marked the limits of jurisdiction of the City of London. Until 1350, the English Crown held the right to fish the rivers of England and charged duties on those people it licenced to fish. In 1197 King Richard I sold the rights over the lower reaches of the River Thames to the City of London. Marker stones were erected to indicate the limit of the City's rights. In Victorian times, the Lord Mayor would come in procession by water and touch the Staines stone with a sword to re-affirm the City's rights.Control of the river passed from the City to the Thames Conservancy, and then below Teddington to the Port of London Authority and above it to Thames Water Authority and finally the Environment Agency. This marker on the north bank of the river Thames is almost due north of Yantlet Creek (south bank) and is called the Crow Stone (also known as Crowstone or City Stone). It stands on the mud opposite the end of Chalkwell Avenue, Southend-on-Sea (two nearby roads are called Crowstone Avenue and Crowstone Road). It was erected in 1837 and replaced a smaller stone, dating from 1755. The older stone was removed to Priory Park in Southend where it remains today. It is likely that there has been a marker on this site and at Yantlet since 1285.The line between the Crow Stone and the London Stone, Yantlet Creek is known as the Yantlet Line and was used as the boundary for various things including at one time the limit of jurisdiction of the Port of London Authority. William Taylor Copeland, MP, Alderman (1797 – 12 April 1868) was a British businessman and politician who served as Lord Mayor of London and a Member of Parliament. Sir John Pirie, 1st Baronet (1781 – 26 February 1851), was a British shipbroker and Lord Mayor of London. Sir James Duke, 1st Baronet (31 January 1792 – 28 May 1873)[1] was a British Liberal Party politician and Lord Mayor
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