Cut Bench Mark - St.Mary the Virgin, High Street, Whissonsett, Dereham, Norfolk. NR20 5AP
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greysman
N 52° 46.414 E 000° 50.636
31U E 354558 N 5849261
A slightly worn and lichen clad bench mark on this parish church.
Waymark Code: WMV9NQ
Location: Eastern England, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 03/19/2017
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Witcingkeseta as it was known in the Domesday Book means either the settlement of the Witcing tribe or a place of watery meadows.
The Parish Church, dedicated to St.Mary the Virgin, is Grade II* listed. It is of C14th Medieval date with later additions and heavily restored and repaired in 1873. Built of flint with ashlar dressings it has slate roofs and consists of a west tower, aisleless nave with south porch, and chancel with vestry and organ outshoot to the north.
The bench mark is on the south-east diagonal buttress on the south-east face at 0.6m above ground. It is partially concealed by the low iron fence round the adjacent grave. It was last verified in 1966 as being 59.259m above the Newly datum.