Milepost 27 ~ King's Bromley Wharf

Link to picture of milepost The first in a series of replacement mileposts.
Link to view south-east It is also the first on a long, lock-free pound that stretches from Woodend Lock (between mileposts 26 and 27) to Colwich Lock, which is beyond milepost 36.
Link to view north-west Nearby is King's Bromley wharf which was formerly a creamery which used the canal for transportation.
The wording on the dedication plate reads as follows:

Link to dedication plate
THIS MILEPOST WAS DONATED
IN MEMORY OF WILLIAM HOLDSWORTH
WHO DIED ON 19THAPRIL 1982 AGED 50 YEARS
BY HIS FRIEND JEAN
REPLACED BY THE
TRENT AND MERSEY CANAL SOCIETY
AND UNVEILED BY HIS SON BRYAN HOLDSWORTH
ON SATURDAY 20THNOVEMBER 1982

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