Cold Ashby

On 18 April 1936 a group of surveyors gathered around a white concrete pillar in a field in Cold Ashby and began the retriangulation of Great Britain. That trig pillar is still standing 80 years on, along with thousands more around the country. We're ...

On 18 April 1936, a group of surveyors gathered around a white concrete pillar in a field in Cold Ashby, Northamptonshire, and began the retriangulation of Great Britain. Ordnance Survey (OS) is celebrating the 80th anniversary of the triangulation ...

On 18 April 1936, a group of surveyors gathered around a white concrete pillar in a field in Cold Ashby, Northamptonshire, and began the retriangulation of Great Britain. Ordnance Survey (OS) is celebrating the 80th anniversary of the triangulation ...

In Cold Ashby an application to build four homes off Church Lane is set for refusal after planning officers held the site to be outside the confines of the village. Daventry University Technical College (UTC) off Ashby Road is asking the committee for ...

1: Cold Ashby map reference SP644765. This is the oldest trig point in the country first used in 1936. 2: Hunsbury Hill map reference 738583. Trig pillars are mostly made of cast concrete a few built of local stone. 3: Chelveston map reference SP999684.

Wellingborough and Northampton will meet in the Intermediate League final after recording last four victories against Overstone Park and Kingsthorpe respectively at Cold Ashby. After finishing top in the group stages, Wellingborough were given a real ...