Benchmark on St Mary's Church
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Benchmark on St Mary's Church
Image: © Shantavira Taken: 9 Nov 2014
This bench mark was established in 1844 during the First Primary Levelling of England & Wales, and was levelled with a height of 435.3500 feet [132.6947 metres] above mean sea level (Liverpool datum). It was included on the Manchester to Gloucester levelling line. The surveyor's description was "No. 284. Bolt in S. end of Bilston New Church ; 0.70 ft. above sill of door." (Public Abstract p.30). The 1887 map shows this mark on the south-east face, 2m from the south angle. It is not quite as close to the door as the description might imply, but can be found tucked into the internal angle of the wall, low down behind a shrub, looking rather the worse for wear.
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Image Location
Latitude
52.563701
Longitude
-2.067964