Benchmark, St Mary - Bitteswell, Leicestershire
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N 52° 28.077 W 001° 12.640
30U E 621548 N 5814592
A cut benchmark on a south facing buttress of St Mary's church, Bitteswell.
Waymark Code: WMQ4WN
Location: East Midlands, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 12/20/2015
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A cut benchmark on a south facing buttress of St Mary's church, Bitteswell.
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Square |
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Mark type |
Description |
Height |
Order |
Datum |
Verified year |
Levelling year |
Metres above ground |
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SP5372 8584 |
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CUT MARK |
NBM ST MARYS CH S FACE BUTT 5M SW ANG CH |
124.024 |
2 |
'N' |
1958 |
1958 |
0.700 |
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"Bitteswell was recorded in the Domesday Book as Betmeswelle and there was a mention of a priest at that time although he probably would have administered to his ‘flock’ from a wooden church and not the stone structure we have in the village today. There are some earlier fragments of the Norman church but the oldest fabric in the tower dates to the 14th century. The church consists of west tower with spire, a nave, north aisle (added 1881/82)"
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