Ordnance Survey bolt on St Nicholas's Church
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Ordnance Survey bolt on St Nicholas's Church
Image: © Shantavira Taken: 16 Aug 2013
This bench mark, on the buttress at the north-west corner of the church tower, was estabished in 1858 during the First primary levelling, England & Wales, and was levelled with a height of 242.2690 feet [73.8436 metres] above mean sea level (Liverpool datum). It was included on the Llandysilio to Stafford levelling line. The surveyor's description was No. 87. Bolt in North-west angle of Newport Church tower ; 1.51 ft. above surface (p588).
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Image Location
Latitude
52.769516
Longitude
-2.379687