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History of the coal duties

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The coal duties of the City of London, whose area of application was marked in the nineteenth century by the boundary marks which this site deals with, go back to the seventeenth century and earlier.

The following pages detail the history of the duties and the purposes they were devoted to:

• Early history and the Great Fire
  • Government duty
• The Orphans Fund
• The extension of the duties to public works
• Reform of the coal trade
• Public works in the early 19th century
• The Metropolis Improvement Fund
• The duties 1861 - 1890
• Metropolitan Board of Works
• Unpopularity of the duties
• The end of the duties

A separate set of pages deals with the History of the boundary and the marks.

Go to: Home page | History of the boundary and the marks | Types of boundary mark | The boundary marks today | Research in to the marks and the duties | Sources and bibliography

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