Benchmark and 1GL bolt, St Margaret's - Ipswich, Suffolk
Posted by: SMacB
N 52° 03.584 E 001° 09.492
31U E 373733 N 5769282
Cut benchmark and 1GL bolt on north west angle
Waymark Code: WMNC6Z
Location: Eastern England, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 02/11/2015
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"This bench mark was used during the First primary levelling, England & Wales, and was levelled with a height of 63.4050 feet [19.3258 metres] above mean sea level (Liverpool datum). It was included as a side level on the London to Doncaster levelling line. The surveyor's description was No. 296. St. Margaret's Church. Bolt in North-west angle ; 1.86 ft. above surface."
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St Margaret is a very fine church indeed, and although it has suffered an internal scouring like the others, its exterior is the best of all churches in the urban area.