Benchmark and Flood Mark, Delph
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Image: © michael ely Taken: 13 Feb 2007
This stone cottage is situated near the bridge in the centre of Delph on the north bank of the River Tame. A stone has been inscribed with the height of the flood of 13th July 1872 together with an Ordnance Survey benchmark symbol.