Benchmark on buttress of All Saints' Church
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Benchmark on buttress of All Saints' Church
Image: © Roger Templeman Taken: 19 Dec 2023
Ordnance Survey 1GL bolt benchmark levelled at 55.510m above Newlyn Datum verified in 1969, but originally levelled at 181.592 feet above Liverpool Datum during the 1855/6 Penrith to Workington 1GL Survey when the surveyor described it as 'Branch Levelling. Mark 69. All Saints' Church, Cockermouth. Bolt in West angle ; 1.94 ft. above surface'
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Image Location
Latitude
54.663244
Longitude
-3.360507