2024

NY5615 : Market Cross on west side of Main Street

taken 1 year ago, near to Shap, Cumbria, England

Market Cross on west side of Main Street
Market Cross on west side of Main Street
There is an Ordnance Survey benchmark which was levelled at 254.126m above Newlyn Datum in 1969 on the first pillar right of the near corner of the building. The mark is probably that levelled at 833.520 feet above Liverpool Datum during the 1841/4 Liverpool to Port Carlisle 1GL Survey. The surveyor's description was 'No. 344. Mark on central pier of Old Market House, in Shap Village'

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NY5615, 110 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
Roger Templeman   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Thursday, 28 March, 2024   (more nearby)
Submitted
Sunday, 31 March, 2024
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! NY 5629 1515 [10m precision]
WGS84: 54:31.7839N 2:40.6155W
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! NY 56305 15146
View Direction
West-northwest (about 292 degrees)
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