Benchmark on St Sepulchre's Church
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Benchmark on St Sepulchre's Church
Image: © Shantavira Taken: 16 May 2015
This bench mark was established in 1852 during the First primary levelling of England & Wales, and was levelled with a height of 273.9790 feet [83.5088 metres] above mean sea level (Liverpool datum). It was included as a side level on the Towcester to King's Lynn levelling line. The surveyor's description was "No. 34(b). St Sepulchre's Church. Bolt in South-west angle of tower ; 1.85 ft. above surface" (Public Abstract p.310). The 1887 map shows this benchmark on the west face of the church, just south of the main entrance. It is rather small for a 19th-century mark, but of similar size to others nearby.
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Image Location
Latitude
52.241409
Longitude
-0.897901