OS benchmark - Wednesbury, 2 Union Street
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OS benchmark - Wednesbury, 2 Union Street
Image: © Richard Law Taken: 20 Oct 2021
An early OS cutmark on the wall of no 2 Union Street, last levelled in 1956 at 140.860m above Ordnance Datum Newlyn. It also appears on early maps at a height of 462.21ft above Newlyn Datum, based on the 1st Primary Levelling in the period 1912-1921.
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Image Location
Latitude
52.552725
Longitude
-2.019631