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Latitude: 51.6363 / 51°38'10"N
Longitude: -0.0016 / 0°0'5"W
OS Eastings: 538395
OS Northings: 194950
OS Grid: TQ383949
Mapcode National: GBR KQ.J8K
Mapcode Global: VHGQG.X4JF
Plus Code: 9C3XJXPX+G9
Entry Name: Ordnance Survey Obelisk
Listing Date: 24 February 1987
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1065598
English Heritage Legacy ID: 206921
ID on this website: 101065598
Location: Chingford Green, Waltham Forest, London, E4
County: London
District: Waltham Forest
Electoral Ward/Division: Chingford Green
Parish: Non Civil Parish
Built-Up Area: Waltham Forest
Traditional County: Essex
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Greater London
Church of England Parish: Chingford St Peter and St Paul
Church of England Diocese: Chelmsford
Tagged with: Obelisk
TQ 39 SE POLE HILL
Chingford, E4
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- Ordnance Survey Obelisk
- II
Ordnance Survey Obelisk. 1824. Granite monolith. Above eight feet high with
battered sides and flat top. Inscribed plaque inset. Erected to mark the direction
of the true norLh from the Royal Observatory at Greenwich. The meridian was changed
in 1850 and the point of zero now passes 19 feet to the east of the Obelisk.
Listing NGR: TQ3839594950
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