OS benchmark - Wednesbury, Church Hill (wall)

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OS benchmark - Wednesbury, Church Hill (wall)

Image: © Richard Law Taken: 20 Oct 2021

An OS cut benchmark in the churchyard wall; last levelled by the OS in 1956 at 162.193m above Ordnance Datum Newlyn. It is probably a fair bit older than that, as it appears on the 1941 map at 532.15 feet above Newlyn.

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Image Location

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Latitude
52.555682
Longitude
-2.020045