Benchmark and 1GL bolt, St Mary at the Elms - Ipswich, Suffolk - European Historic Survey Stones, Monuments and Benchmarks on Waymarking.com

Cut benchmark and 1GL bolt on St Mary at the Elms church.
"This bench mark was used during the First primary levelling, England & Wales, and was levelled with a height of 27.9720 feet [8.5259 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. 292(a). St. Mary Elms Church. Bolt in South-west angle ; 2.24 ft. above surface (p258)."

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"The church has a Norman south doorway. The nave and north aisle are perpendicular gothic. The north chapel and chancel date from 1883.

It is a high Anglican Church and affiliated to Forward in Faith. It houses the statue of Our Lady of Ipswich. which is a copy of a statue in Nettuno that was originally in Ipswich"

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Date Logged Log User Rating   04/30/2022 Master Mariner visited it