Bench mark on old cottage
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Bench mark on old cottage
Image: © Shantavira Taken: 21 Mar 2015
This bench mark (bottom centre of photo) was established in 1848 during the First primary levelling of England & Wales, and was levelled with a height of 337.0300 feet [102.7267 metres] above mean sea level (Liverpool datum). It was included on the Birmingham to London levelling line. The surveyor's description was "No. 75. Mark on house in Knightlow-hill Village, at N.E. side of road ; 0.82 ft. above centre of road" (p221). The 1887 map shows this mark on the south-west face, south angle of a cottage, which still stands, set back from the road. The mark is on front of the house (next to outbuilding), and now filled with mortar.
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Image Location
Latitude
52.359325
Longitude
-1.40584