Commemorative plaques
From TrigpointingUK
The trig pillar at Cold Ashby bears the following plaque:
Ordnance Survey Cold Ashby The first observations for the retriangulation of Great Britain were made at this trigonometrical station by Sergeant G.F.Mullinger, Royal Engineers on 18th April 1936. There are 11,678 such stations and the last observations were made at Thorny Gale in Westmore- land on 4th June 1962.
On 18th Apr 2011, the 75th anniversary of this event was marked by a gathering of trig-baggers and recorded by the BBC. A photo of Sergeant Mullinger appears in History of the Retriangulation of Great Britain [1].
Similarly, the trig pillar at Thorny Gale bears the following plaque:
Ordnance Survey Thorny Gale The last observations for the retriangulation of Great Britain were made at this trigonometrical station by Mr E.A.P.Joyce on the 4th June 1962. There are 11,678 such stations and the first observations were made at Cold Ashby in Northamp- tonshire on 18th April 1936.
The trig at Miltonhead bears the following plaque:
Here stood MILTONHEAD the birthplace of Major-General William Roy 4th May 1726 - 30th June 1790 from whose military map of Scotland made in 1747-1755 grew the Ordnance Survey of Great Britain
References
- ↑ The History of the Retriangulation of Great Britain