Benchmark - St Guthlac - Branston, Leicestershire
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N 52° 51.422 W 000° 47.940
30U E 648187 N 5858635
Cut benchmark(s) on St Guthlac's church, Branston
Waymark Code: WM10CJ2
Location: East Midlands, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 04/14/2019
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Cut benchmark(s) on St Guthlac's church, Branston
|
Square |
Easting |
Northing |
Mark type |
Description |
Height |
Order |
Datum |
Verified year |
Metres above ground |
|
SK |
8096 |
2951 |
CUT MARK |
CH S FACE SW ANG |
113.337 |
3 |
'N' |
1962 |
0.900 |
There appear to be two benchmarks on this church. One on the south west corner of the south aisle, which is complete, the other on the south west corner of the church tower, which appears at a cut T where there are no diagonals to make an arrow. Posibly a mistaken placement, or the stone may not have been conducive to a permanent mark, being too easily weathered. The BM database appears to favour the latter of the two (Visit Link), although I may disagree.
"The ancient Parish Church at Branston has a prominent position in the main street and is one of only 9 churches in the country dedicated to Saint Guthlac, an East Anglian Saint. Christian worship has been offered on this site for 1300years, the present church being built of local stone onwards from the 13th c.
The interior of the church is spacious and airy, large enough to accommodate a rare 18th c. Hugh Russell organ built into a western gallery. Amongst other features it has fine Norman arches, a Norman Font, and a slab tomb to John Spethyn dated from 1460 in the N. Aisle.
Our church is unlocked from dawn to dusk daily and all are welcome to enter."
SOURCE - (Visit Link)