Ordnance Survey Benchmark - Huntingdon, All Saints' Church
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Ordnance Survey Benchmark - Huntingdon, All Saints' Church
Image: © N Scott Taken: 8 Jan 2016
Ordnance Survey Benchmark (OSBM) used for levelling height above Ordnance Datum (OD). Height: 14.1214m OD (Newlyn). Mark verified by the Ordnance Survey in 1966. Description: ALL SAINTS CHURCH NE FACE N ANG. 0.6m above ground. 3rd Order BM. This mark on the NE vestry, built in 1859, replaced am earlier mark on the SE angle, used on the Thrapstone to Chelmsford line of the First Primary Levelling of England & Wales in 1851-1857, which was probably destroyed during the 1859-1861 restoration by George Gilbert Scott. Close-up: Image]
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Image Location
Latitude
52.330786
Longitude
-0.184936