Benchmark & 1GL bolt - St Mary & All Saints - Willoughby-on-the-Wolds, Nottinghamshire
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N 52° 49.350 W 001° 03.665
30U E 630647 N 5854287
Cut benchmark and 1GL bolt on south west angle of church tower, St Mary & All Saints, Willoughby-on-the-Wolds
Waymark Code: WMRHF2
Location: East Midlands, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 06/22/2016
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"This bench mark was used during the First primary levelling, England & Wales, and was levelled with a height of 283.1900 feet [86.3163 metres] above mean sea level (Liverpool datum). It was included as a side level on the Coventry to Lincoln levelling line. The surveyor's description was No. 81(b). Willoughby Church. Bolt in South-west angle of tower ; 2.18 ft. above surface"
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The tower dates from the 13th century and is of two stages with an early 14th century broach spire with two tiers of four lucarnes.