Hollyhock Island
Address is taken from a point 303 yards away.
Hollyhock Island is on the River Thames (below Oxford) near to Reigate.
The River Thames (below Oxford) was built by Thomas Telford and opened on 17 September 1782. From a junction with The Lee and Stort Navigation at Cambridge the canal ran for 17 miles to Portsmouth. Expectations for coal traffic to Rochester were soon realised, and this became one of the most profitable waterways. Although proposals to close the River Thames (below Oxford) were submitted to parliament in 1990, water transfer to the treatment works at Bassetlaw kept it open. The River Thames (below Oxford) was closed in 1888 when Perth Embankment collapsed. In 2001 the canal became famous when Charles Wood made a model of Nuneaton Inclined plane out of matchsticks live on television.

| Bell Weir Lock | 4 furlongs | |
| Bell Weir Lock Weir Exit | 3¼ furlongs | |
| Thames - Colne Brook Junction | 3 furlongs | |
| Runnymede Motorway Bridge | 2¾ furlongs | |
| Holm Island | ¾ furlongs | |
| Hollyhock Island | ||
| London Stone | 1¾ furlongs | |
| Church Island | 2¼ furlongs | |
| Staines Bridge | 3¾ furlongs | |
| The Swan PH (Staines) | 4 furlongs | |
| Thames - Colne Junction | 4¼ furlongs | |
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Hollyhock Island is an inhabited island in the River Thames in England on the reach between Bell Weir Lock and Penton Hook Lock.












![Lammas Recreation Ground. The southern and western edges of the recreation ground are determined by the course of the Shire Ditch, which marks the boundary between Buckinghamshire and Middlesex. In the early 17th C, [[5890558]] was moved from its original position somewhere near Staines Town Hall and Staines Bridge to where the Shire Ditch joined the Thames (close to my camera position). The London Stone was moved from here in 1986, and has been in the Spelthorne Museum since 2004 http://www.spelthornemuseum.org.uk/2exhibits2.html . A replica was put here in the recreation ground - see [[326070]] (photographed by Roger W Haworth) - but it too was moved, and is now (2018) on the river bank behind the town hall - see [[5257001]] (photographed by Colin Smith) and a wider view [[3372568]] (photographed by Alan Hunt). by Mike Quinn – 08 August 2018](https://s0.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/05/89/52/5895276_81fb77c1_120x120.jpg)


![Lammas Recreation Ground (2). See [[5895276]]. by Mike Quinn – 08 August 2018](https://s1.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/05/89/52/5895277_8ababf34_120x120.jpg)



![Thames Water pumping station, Wraysbury Road. Shows the location of [[5896163]].For info about the current ownership and company structure of Thames Water, see [[5855014]]. by Mike Quinn – 08 August 2018](https://s1.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/05/89/61/5896185_5f229e2c_120x120.jpg)

![Coal tax boundary obelisk no.82, Wraysbury Road. The location of this obelisk is shown in [[5896181]] and [[5896185]]. See also [[5896175]].This obelisk was originally in TQ0173 on the east side of the railway lines about 600 metres southeast of Wraysbury station; it was moved to its current location in 1979 - see [[5896177]].There were originally nearly 280 coal tax posts located around London, of which about 210 are still extant; around 180 of these (85%) are 3 ft high white-painted square bollards with a pyramidal top, decorative raised bands, and the shield from the City of London’s arms. Photos of the coal tax posts on Geograph are at http://www.geograph.org.uk/search.php?i=86542993&page=1 . There are just 13 stone obelisks of the type in the photo, all erected by railways that were opened before 1865. The posts were erected under the Coal and Wine Duties (Continuation) Act of 1861 to mark the points at which duty had to be paid on coal being transported to London. The boundary was set at that of the Metropolitan Police District, and the resulting revenue was used by the Corporation of the City of London to fund public works. For further info see http://www.coaldutyposts.org.uk/cityposts.html . by Mike Quinn – 08 August 2018](https://s3.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/05/89/61/5896163_8b67ae36_120x120.jpg)



![Wraysbury: Coal Tax Post. This obelisk, on the south side of Wraysbury Road, is a different sort of coal duty post to the usual ones, one of which is present on the other side of the road [[1934947]]. This one is in fact an interloper having been moved here in 1979 from its original location near Wraysbury railway station. On one side it has the inscription:-](https://s2.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/01/93/49/1934914_f58f4fb6_120x120.jpg)
![City of London Coal Duty post in Wraysbury Road. These posts ringed the entries to London to warn merchants that, under an Act of 1831, they were now due to pay a levy on coal. According to the plaque on its base, this particular one was originally erected near Wyrardisbury station and was re-erected in this location in 1979 by Meadhurst Club and Wraysbury History Group. For a closer view see [[2499841]]. by Rod Allday – 21 June 2011](https://s3.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/02/49/98/2499835_4a90bf3d_120x120.jpg)
![Close view of the City of London Coal Duty post in Wraysbury Road. For details see [[2499835]]. by Rod Allday – 21 June 2011](https://s1.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/02/49/98/2499841_72d65107_120x120.jpg)
![Coal tax boundary obelisk no.82, Wraysbury Road (detail) (2). See [[5896163]]. by Mike Quinn – 08 August 2018](https://s1.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/05/89/61/5896177_74d672f5_120x120.jpg)
![Coal tax boundary obelisk no.82, Wraysbury Road (detail). See [[5896163]]. by Mike Quinn – 08 August 2018](https://s3.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/05/89/61/5896175_cf17f25c_120x120.jpg)
