Benchmark on St Mary's church tower
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Benchmark on St Mary's church tower
Image: © Shantavira Taken: 30 May 2015
This bench mark was established in 1856 during the First primary levelling of England & Wales, and was levelled with a height of 268.1220 feet [81.7236 metres] above mean sea level (Liverpool datum). It was included on the Coventry to Lincoln levelling line. The surveyor's description was "No. 35. Bolt in North-east angle of Broughton Astley Church tower ; 2.59 ft. above surface" (Public Abstract p.327). It is actually at the north-west corner of the tower. The empty hole would originally have contained the datum bolt.
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Image Location
Latitude
52.529189
Longitude
-1.226072