Anth Rowley

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Exploring locally on foot & bike. Cartophile, worryingly obsessed by toposcopes, trig stations & benchmarks. Tendency to wander & wonder - supporting The Harry Johnson Trust https://rowleyanth.wordpress.com/

Flush Bracket Bench Mark S5429
Looking down the Incline Plane where the Shropshire Canal met the Wombridge Canal in Donnington Wood
The 'LD' on the surface of the Boundary Stone probably stood for 'Leighton Estate' with 'WO' (on the hidden underside) standing for 'Wellington Orleton'. Grid Reference: SJ 63649 08530 W3W ///gashes.pizzeria.meanings
The Bench Mark cut into the side of the toppled Boundary Stone. Grid Reference SJ 63290 08848 - W3W ///evenly.verb.wants.
The South Prospect of Bridgnorth, in the County of Salop by Samuel and Nathaniel Buck - 1732
1. The Shrewsbury Canal that ran from Ditherington to Trench Lock 2. The Ketley Canal 3. The Wombridge Canal 4. The Marquis of Stafford's Canal - aka the Lilleshall Canal 5. The Shropshire Canal (not to be confused with the Shropshire Union Canal) 6. The Dawley Canal The Incline Planes of the system are shown in red and the three Tunnels of the Shropshire Canal in yellow.
The Pheon from the original C19th Pivot is cut into one of the coping stones on the SW Parapet. The Pheon is inverted and it is assumed the Pivot is now hidden on the underside - this could have been the conscious action of marking the Benchmark as cancelled (it is not recorded within the OS Records, but is indicated on the historical maps) or simply the coping stone being re-laid upside down when the parapet was rebuilt between the late 1950s to 1961.
The Benchmark cut into a Buttress of St Georges Church. The Benchmark was Cut between Oct-1857 to Jan-1859 when the Llandysilio to Stafford Survey Line was Levelled
Two of three sections of grooves worn into the west face of the Chancel. There are also grooves worn into the south face of the Chancel
One of the sea-shell fossils
Looking south along Sheinton Street towards the Tower of the Grade-I Listed Holy Trinity Church, Much Wenlock, Shropshire
The original Wellington Journal & Shrewsbury News article on Will Ryder's C19th exploits - published 26th February 1938
John Cowper's confirmation of his visit is one of many spread over 250-years that are etched into the walls of a sandstone stairwell
The Header containing the Datum Line. It has been repositioned & inverted - the tip of the accompanying Broad Arrow is inverted
The Cut Mark in the wall next to the Horseshoes Inn just off the Holyhead Road in Ketley, Telford.
The Datum Line with accompanying arrow cut into the north parapet of the Cinderloo Railway Bridge
The Tower of St Julian's Church - the demarcation line between the lower 12th-Century and upper 15th-Century is clear
The Grade-I Listed Schedule Monument of Tamworth Castle. The Tower was an OS Trigonometrical Station from the C19th to late 1930s - that status was lost following the Re-Triangulation of Great Britain
Laura's Tower - Grade-II Listed - Listing Number 1246559
The Watch Tower's front aspect on Town Walls. The small upper door was used by those manning the Watch Tower to access Shrewsbury's defensive ramparts
Looking north from the footbridge that crosses the River Tern
Looking east - circa 04:00 - from Heaven Gate