Benchmark on Binley Church
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Benchmark on Binley Church
Image: © Shantavira Taken: 23 May 2015
This benchmark was established in 1856 during the First primary levelling of England & Wales, and was levelled with a height of 271.0880 feet [82.6276 metres] above mean sea level (Liverpool datum). It was included on the Coventry to Lincoln levelling line. The surveyor's description was "No. 6. Bolt in South side of door, in West front of Binley Church ; 1.49 ft. above surface" (Public Abstract p.326). It is on the south face of the column to the south of the doorway, behind a shrub.
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Image Location
Latitude
52.403128
Longitude
-1.447143