Benchmark on St Oswald's Church
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Benchmark on St Oswald's Church
Image: © Roger Templeman Taken: 23 Jul 2010
Ordnance Survey '1GL bolt' benchmark on the tower of the church. The cut marks are slightly eroded which isn't too surprising given they were cut in 1845. For more details of the mark see the Bench Mark Database at http://www.bench-marks.org.uk/bm25269
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Image Location
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Latitude
54.314653
Longitude
-2.082203