Padbury: The Church of St Mary the Virgin
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Padbury: The Church of St Mary the Virgin by Nigel Cox as part of the Geograph project.
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Padbury: The Church of St Mary the Virgin
Image: © Nigel Cox Taken: 17 Oct 2010
The nave and chancel date from the 13th century as did the original tower which was however rebuilt in the 17th century. The structure is a Grade II* Listed Building. The apparent flaw in the photograph is actually an emission from a boiler flue! This contribution shows how cartographic demands can lead to inaccuracies in mapping. The location of the symbol for the church on the Ordnance Survey 1:50,000 scale mapping plots at least 50 metres away from the actual physical centre of the church on the ground.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.972077
Longitude
-0.951105