Benchmark & 1GL Bolt - St Michael Without, Broad Street - Bath, Somerset
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N 51° 23.010 W 002° 21.581
30U E 544559 N 5692667
Benchmark & 1GL Bolt on the south face of St Michael Without, Broad Street, Bath.
Waymark Code: WMWMJT
Location: South West England, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 09/18/2017
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member Axel-F
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Benchmark & 1GL Bolt on the south face of St Michael Without, Broad Street, Bath.

Square Easting Northing Mark type Description Height Order Datum Verified year Levelling year Metres above ground
ST 7506 6500 BOLT BOLT SE FACE ST MICHAELS CH 29.007 3 'N' 1960 1956 0.400

"It is located between Broad and Walcot Streets, which both merge onto Northgate Street. Located next to the Post Office Building, the south tower (referred to as the W tower) fronts Northgate street and dominates Bath's skyline. The current structure was designed by George Phillips Manners. It possesses a fine example of a Sweetland Organ.

The Church of St Michael's is known as St Michael's Without - it being the first church to be found outside the original city walls when exiting from the North Gate. The parish itself was known as St Michael's with St Paul's."

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"This bench mark was used during the First primary levelling, England & Wales, and was levelled with a height of 95.7250 feet [29.1770 metres] above mean sea level (Liverpool datum). It was included on the Gloucester to London and Oxford to Bath levelling lines. The surveyor's description was Bolt in W. face of tower of St. Michael's Church, Bath; 1.62 ft. above surface "

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