Benchmark on Brinklow Church
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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 330.9680 feet [100.8790 metres] above mean sea level (Liverpool datum). It was included on the Coventry to Lincoln levelling line. The surveyor's description was "No. 14. Bolt in South-west angle of Brinklow Church tower ; 2.89 ft. above surface" (Public Abstract p.326).