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HEREFORDSHIRE ORDNANCE BENCH MARKS FROM 

 THE "ABSTRACTS OF LEVELLING" PUBLISHED 

 BY THE ORDNANCE DEPARTMENT. 



HEREFORDSHIRE PORTION OF THE ABSTRACT OF LEVELLING 

 FROM WORCESTER TO ABERYSTWYTH THROUGH THE TOWNS 

 OF STOURPORT, BEWDLEY, TENBURY, LUDLOW, KNIGHTON, 

 NEWTON, LLANIDLOES, AND LLANGURIG WITH BRANCHES 

 TO TRIGONOMETRICAL STATIONS, &c. 



Commenced 8th. Septembee, 1849. Completed 22xd. November, 1855. 



(This line of levels enters Herefordshire about one mile an J a half west of 

 Tenbury. It follows, as usual, the coach road, and has branches to trignome- 

 tricaJ stations (see previous note). It passes through Little Hereford, and at 

 Brimfield turns northward following the road to Ludlow. From Ludlow it 

 turns westward and re-enters Herefordshire two miles W.S.W. of Bromfield. 

 It passes through Leintwardine, Walford, and Brampton Bryan, leaving the 

 county one mile west of the last-named place.— E. J. I.) 



Altitudes iii 

 feet above 

 mean level of 

 the sea at 

 Liverpool. 

 Mark on front of Richard Heath's house, at we^t side of road, 



1'61 feet above surface 189'882 



Mark on front of Joseph Price's house, at N.W. side of road, 



'49 feet above surface 193*401 



Mark on pier of gate near the second milestone from Tenbury, 



at south side of road, 171 feet above surface 198'403 



Mark on pier of gate opposite junction of woods, at south side of 



road, 1 "83 feet above surface 204*300 



Mark on pier of gate at junction of road to Little Hereford 



Chm-ch, 1 '44 feet above surface 209*177 



Mark on east battlement of Little Hereford Bridge, over the 



River Teme, 1'42 feet above sm-face 206'998 



Mark on pier of gate at north side of road, opposite junstion of 



fence, 1 '96 feet above centre of road 215'883 



Mark on front of house at south side of road, at Brimfield Cross, 

 076 feet above surf ace 225'800 



