OS benchmark - Shrewsbury, 4 Preston Street
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OS benchmark - Shrewsbury, 4 Preston Street
Image: © Richard Law Taken: 17 Feb 2024
The same mark as Image, but seen from a slightly different angle. By its size and style, the benchmark looks to have been originally cut in the late 19th century, probably as part of the First Geodetic Levelling of England and Wales; it appears on the map of 1901 at 223.2ft Liverpool datum, but was last levelled by the OS in 1967 at 67.94m Ordnance Datum Newlyn.
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Image Location
Latitude
52.704223
Longitude
-2.730907