OS benchmark - Wednesbury, shop on Walsall Street
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OS benchmark - Wednesbury, shop on Walsall Street
Image: © Richard Law Taken: 20 Oct 2021
The shop is described in the OS database as Boots Chemist, but that appears to be no longer the case. The mark was last levelled in 1956 at 141.888m above Ordnance Datum Newlyn, and appears on older maps at 465.56ft Liverpool Datum. It was probably cut as part of the 1st Primary Levelling survey in 1843/44 at which point it was documented as "Mr Anslow's Grocery Shop"
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Image Location
Latitude
52.552968
Longitude
-2.019277