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	Post 11,  TQ 446 984 At the point where Debden Lane, Loughton becomes Loughton Lane, Theydon Bois. Opposite an house called "The Boundary". The retro-reflective sign in the right hand picture says Theydon Bois
	Post 12,  TQ 432 994 South side of Coppice Row, Epping N of Jacks Hill, 500 yards E of the "Wake Arms"		Post 13,  TL 437 004 Epping Road, Epping about 500 metres SW of the Bell Common Tunnel
Obelisk 20,  TL 373 050 Wormley. Beside the Lea Navigation near King's Weir Bridge. Bench Mark. In the first picture the Navigation is between the stone and the pole visible in the background.
Obelisk 21,  TL 369 051 Slipe Lane, Wormley. On east side of the railway line. Described in ?1966 as "lying in several pieces on the ground. The inscription not identifiable." Now re-erected, top foot or so of height missing but crest, inscription (14 & 15 VIC. C 146) and Bench Mark all clearly visible. (The photos of this obelisk and the canal stone above were taken at dawn on May Day morning while the light was a bit too weak for my camera.)
	At the Brookmans Park site: Posts 20 - 24 Post  25 not a Tax Post Posts 26 & 27 Posts 28 - 30 Obelisk  31 Posts 33 - 36 Wormley Newgate Street Essendon Northaw Potters Bar Hawkshead Colney Heath
			Post 37,  TL 182 037 High Street, London Colney Just north west of the bridge over the River Colne
	Post 38,  TL 176 032 Shenley Lane, London Colney South side of Broad Colney Bridge
		Post 39,  TL 172 023 Harper Lane, Shenley Outside No. 108 The Lodge and near Harperbury Hospital
	Post 40,  TL 174 025 Harper Lane, Shenley Outside No. 67		Harper Lane, Shenley Midway between these two Tax Posts. Just a post to announce that this is No. 100 but nice echoes of Tax Posts. Cab drivers on night shift wish that all houses showed their numbers as clearly as this.
	Post 43,  TL 160 007 Watling Street, Radlett East side of road, opposite Kitswell Way, south of the culvert for a stream and half a mile north of the station		Post 44,  TL 163 001 Watling Street, Radlett West side of road, 100 yards north of Park Road, beside Radlett United Synagogue
Posts 47 & 48,  TQ 110 964 Watford At either end of an alley between <--  New Street  and  High Street  --> The other post can be seen in the background of each of these pictures.   No descriptive signs of any sort.  No indication that these posts are not in their original positions - compare with the careful notice on Post 98 that it has been moved just two metres.
	Post 58,  TQ 058 922 Rickmansworth Road, Harefield at the point where it becomes Harefield Road, Rickmansworth.  Just on to the Hertfordshire side of the county boundary - a 'Welcome to Hillingdon' sign can be seen on the right of this photo.   More pictures of this post in daylight and showing before- and after-restoration states
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