Nineteenth-century benchmark on chapel
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Nineteenth-century benchmark on chapel
Image: © Shantavira Taken: 22 Oct 2015
This bench mark was established between 1849 and 1855 during the First primary levelling of England & Wales, and was levelled with a height of 161.9540 feet [49.3636 metres] above mean sea level (Liverpool datum). It was included on the Worcester to Aberystwyth (Branch Line from Bewdley to Kidderminster) levelling line. The surveyor's description was "No. 12. Bolt in South-east corner of chapel, at Kidderminster Cemetery ; 1.05 ft. above surface" (Public Abstract p.558).
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Image Location
Latitude
52.383289
Longitude
-2.253685