Flush Bracket 649: Yardley Wharf Bridge   

Flush Bracket on N.E. face of bridge over canal, about 30 chains N.N.W. from Yardley Wharf [2GL]; bridge parapet, NW angle, N face.

Location
Grid reference: SP 7636 4577.
Landranger 152: Northampton & Milton Keynes, Buckingham & Daventry.
Structure: Bridge.
Waypoint: FB649.

Neighbouring Flush Brackets

648	By Grafton Regis 490.41m to the north.
650	Yardley Wharf 606.05m to the southeast.
651	By Yardley Gobion 1.44km to the southeast.
647	Grand Union Canal Bridge, by Grafton Regis 1.51km to the north.
652	Isworth Farm 2.16km to the southeast.

The nearest fundamental bench mark is Great Linford, 9.31km to the east.

Second Geodetic Levelling, England & Wales (1912-21)
This flush bracket was used during the Second geodetic levelling, England & Wales, and was levelled with a height of 242.2900 feet [73.8500 metres] above mean sea level (Newlyn datum). It was included on the Daventry to Great Linford levelling line. The surveyor's description was Flush Bracket on N.E. face of bridge over canal, about 30 chains N.N.W. from Yardley Wharf.

Logged Visits
Logged on 30th September 2007 by lackofluke. Condition: Destroyed.
Bridge rebuilt in 1924, like that that used to hold 651.