2016

TL2371 : Ordnance Survey Benchmark - Huntingdon, All Saints' Church

taken 8 years ago, near to Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, England

Ordnance Survey Benchmark - Huntingdon, All Saints' Church
Ordnance Survey Benchmark - Huntingdon, All Saints' Church
Ordnance Survey Benchmark (OSBM) used for levelling height above Ordnance Datum (OD).
Height: 14.1214m OD (Newlyn). Mark verified by the Ordnance Survey in 1966. Description: ALL SAINTS CHURCH NE FACE N ANG. 0.6m above ground. 3rd Order BM.

This mark on the NE vestry, built in 1859, replaced am earlier mark on the SE angle, used on the Thrapstone to Chelmsford line of the First Primary Levelling of England & Wales in 1851-1857, which was probably destroyed during the 1859-1861 restoration by George Gilbert Scott.

Context: TL2371 : Ordnance Survey Benchmark - Huntingdon, All Saints' Church

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Geographical Context: Historic sites and artefacts Religious sites City, Town centre Primary Subject: Benchmark Image Buckets ?: Closeup Informative other tags: OS BM Cut Mark Benchmark 3rd Order Church Click a tag, to view other nearby images.
This photo is linked from: Automatic Clusters: · Saints Church [20] Other Photos: · Ordnance Survey Benchmark - Huntingdon, All Saints' Church Title Clusters: · Ordnance Survey Benchmark - Huntingdon, All Saints' Church [2] ·
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N Scott   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Friday, 8 January, 2016   (more nearby)
Submitted
Wednesday, 20 January, 2016
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! TL 2378 7185 [10m precision]
WGS84: 52:19.8471N 0:11.0962W
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OSGB36: geotagged! TL 2378 7185
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Southwest (about 225 degrees)
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