OS Bench Marks, Holy Trinity Church, Barrow Upon Humber
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OS Bench Marks, Holy Trinity Church, Barrow Upon Humber
Image: © David Wright Taken: 9 Apr 2010
This bench mark height is 47.5570 feet [14.4954 metres] above mean sea level (Liverpool datum). The mark is one of a number of marks levelled during 1851-1857 on a survey line from Swineshead to Rawcliffe and is described as Bolt in North-west angle of Barrow Church tower ; 3.57 ft. above surface [1GL, Swineshead to Rawcliffe, Mark No. 195], with additional information available, on the Bench Mark Database at http://www.bench-marks.org.uk/bm23966. Other nearby marks on the levelling line are described in the Ordnance Survey abstract at http://www.deformedweb.co.uk/trigs/data/1GL/1GLA_296.png.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.67835
Longitude
-0.378692