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NOTES TO TABLE I. 1874. 
The Latitude and Longitude of Hereford Cathedral are as follows :— 
Latitude 52° 1 3’ 1 13.9” N. 
Longitude 2° 1 42’ » 53.5 W. 
The height of the Cathedral yard above sea level is 184.38 feet. This altitude 
was ascertained by connecting the railway levels with the Ordnance bench-marks 
at Hay and following the railway levellings, by means of the working section, all 
the way to Hereford. For this service we are indebted to Mr. Roberts, C.E., of 
Brecon. The altitude thus obtained agrees closely with that found by barome- 
trical measurement. 
1. Longtown is 13 miles and 3 furlongs S.W. of Hereford. The altitude of 
the gauge at this station has not yet been determined, but Pandy Railway Station 
is 348 feet above the sea, and Longtown is certainly higher than Pandy. 
2. Lynhales is 14 miles and 4 furlongs N.W. of Hereford, but the altitude 
of the rain guage station has not yet been determined. Lyonshall (or Lynhales) 
at the “‘Lurnpike by Old Tramway Crossing” is, according to Mr. Roberts, 566 
feet above sea level. 
3. Rocklands is 14 miles 8.S.E. of Hereford. The rim of the gauge at this 
station is 97 feet 7 inches above sea level. This altitude was ascertained by follow- 
ing the railway levels from the Ordance bench-marks at Hay to the platform of 
the Kern Bridge Station, and levelling from thence to the gauge by aneroid. 
4, Leysters, at Leysters Pole, is 15 miles and 1 furlong N.N.E. of Hereford. 
The road atithis point is 702 feet above sea level. (Ordnance Survey.) 
5. Staunton-on-Wye is 8 miles and 64 furlongs N.W. of Hereford, and the 
height of the gauge above sea level is stated to be 255 feet. This altitude was 
obtained, I believe, by levelling by aneroid from the nearest bench-mark or rail- 
way station. 
6. Bryngwyn is 6 miles and 2 furlongs S. by W. of Hereford and, according 
to two barometrical measurements, 415 feet above sea level. 
7, West Malvern is 16 miles and 2 furlongs E. by N. of Hereford, and 
according to the Observer, Mr. Hartland, 850 feet above the sea. West Malvern 
however really belongs to Worcestershire. (Altitude ascertained by barometer 
and boiling water.) 
8. Wigmore is 19 miles and 2 furlongs N.W. by N. of Hereford. I know 
nothing about the altitude of this station, but Ordnance bench marks will be 
found at the neighbouring village of Walford, a distance of 24 miles in a straight 
line. The ground at the cross-roads in Walford village is 398 fect above the sea, 
and the Ordnance mark on the East battlement of Leintwardine Bridge 395.5 feet. 
—See Woolhope Transactions for 1872, p.p. 56, 57. 
9. Whitfield is 6 miles and 2 furlongs S.W. of Hereford and, by barometer, 
(one measurement only) 427.78 feet above sea level. The rails at St. Devereux 
Station are 282 feet above the sea. It will be well to try the difference of altitude 
between the Whitfield guage and the rails at this station. 
10. The Graig, Ross, is 11 miles and 2 furlongs 8.E. by 8. of Hereford and, 
by barometrical observation, 200 feet above sea level. 
11. Stretton Sugwas is 3 miles and 1 furlong W.N.W. of Hereford, and, at 
least, 200 feet above sea-level, i.¢., at the Vicarage. The rails at Credenhill are 
251 feet above sea level and this station is about 1 mile and 3 furlongs from the 
