TP5169 - North Ockendon

Grid reference :	SK 06320 74870
Type :	Pillar
Condition :	Moved
Flush Bracket Number :	S3353
Current use :	none
Station Number :	TQ47/T101
Historic use :	3rd order
Waypoint :	TP5169
County :	Derbyshire
Nearest town :	BUXTON

Nearby trigpoints, placenames  There are 26 photos for this trigpoint (view album). This trigpoint: Is ranked joint 600th with 24 other trigs (more). Has a mean score of 7.25/10 (from 20 logged visits) Was First logged: 20th Mar 1983 Was Last found intact: 17th Nov 2011 Was Last logged: 31st Jan 2013 Of the 20 logged visits, 8 recorded a location and of these.... All were within 106757m The average error was 13348m 4 were exact

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Selection of photos for this Pillar. ©Bridgeman By Griefmiester By Griefmiester ©CURRYSCRIM By jwrouse By jwrouse See 20 more in the album.

Logged Visits:

31st Jan 2013  15:33  by Bridgeman

FB Number: S3353  Condition: Moved  Score: 7/10

Passing the location whilst on a walk so knocked on the door and Ian was in. I'm rather envious of him having a trig point in his garden. Well done for all the effort to achieve this.

North Ockendon Trig point ©Bridgeman

18th Nov 2012  13:00  by MickandKim

Gridref: SK 06320 74870   FB Number: S3353  Condition: Moved  Score: 7/10

Sorry only a 7 but the view is limited. Did not disturb teasel as we think he was still in bed.

10th Sep 2012  14:07  by Griefmiester

Gridref: SK 06311 74869   FB Number: S3353  Condition: Moved  Score: 7/10

Visited by prior appointment with Ian. Pillar has been moved a few miles from it's original location, and has been "re-planted" in the Peaks, pillar in top condition, not as high as others around :)

Pillar & FB
GPS Data

27th Jul 2012  14:05  by CURRYSCRIM

Gridref: SJ 06323 37484   FB Number: S3353  Condition: Moved  Score: 8/10

3/3 What a splendid location! Unfortunately no one in when I called but congratulations to Ian on your achievement.

©CURRYSCRIM

25th Jul 2012  15:12  by trigging on an island

FB Number: S3353  Condition: Moved  Score: 10/10

Every trig has a story to tell and this pillar has its own proud keeper on site eager to recount its coming to be here. A very interesting and insightful hour was spent with Ian discussing the ins and outs of designing the website and many current topics relating to trig hunting in general.

17th Jun 2012  15:32  by THE CYCLIST

FB Number: S3353  Condition: Toppled  Score: 5/10

Spotted this one from the Website (obviously not on my usual OS maps). Had saved it rather for a weekend outing with the hope of meeting Ian, but there was no one at home. Lunched in town before heading home via Axe Edge and the Morridge.

17th Nov 2011  12:45  by Ron Plasma

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Good  Score: 9/10

Wow! I want one. [OK. For the pedants. Take the path by the side of the car. Turn around by the front door and head across the lawn. Theres a steep climb at the end, but you cant miss it. Honestly. Its easy!] Seriously brilliant. Top man Teasel.

27th Oct 2011  11:20  by Arran Trigman

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Good  Score: 9/10

26th Oct 2011  14:50  by tigger4242

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Toppled  Score: 5/10

Great trig in a nice garden.

©tigger4242

30th Dec 2010  17:30  by asbown

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Toppled  Score: 6/10

been hoping to get here for a long time now as it's now in Derbyshire and I felt it needed to be done to complete the full set of Derbyshire trigs,nobody home so I nipped down the steps and got my photo.

24th Sep 2010  19:05  by Lodgebarn

Gridref: SK 06313 74871   FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Toppled  Score: 8/10

I had a few minutes to spare so couldnt resist visiting this TP. I rang the bell but sadly no one was in. What a great story and well sited trig.

30th Jun 2007  11:00  by ted

FB Number: S3353  Condition: Moved  Score: 8/10

Plug intact with all metalwork in vgc. Interesting to see the base of the plug. BsM-style bracket. Many thanks to Ian and David for showing me their pillar. Perhaps No.148, Brown Edge Road should be renamed 'North Ockendon House' 8-)

North Ockendon trig
North Ockendon trig
North Ockendon FB
North Ockendon top

26th Nov 2006  12:00  by peregrinus

Gridref: SK 06320 74870   FB Number: S3353  Condition: Toppled  Score: 7/10

Finally caught up with this one nearly 3 years after visiting its vacant ex site. vgc, metal cap, shallow letters. Very nice to catch up with the Teasel family too !

19th Aug 2006  14:06  by Deego

FB Number: S3353  Condition: Toppled  Score: 7/10

Called to see this today, It was a bit easier than Black edge to get to :o) Parked right next to it. Shame the owner's were not in

©Deego
©Deego

27th Jul 2006  17:30  by Rhayader_wanderer

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Toppled  Score: 2/10

A visit to it old home as well as drawing a blank gains a score for the most inaccessible access to a PROw from a road I have had in a long while.

9th Jul 2006  19:20  by RoPeHe

Gridref: SK 06309 74868   FB Number: S3353  Condition: Toppled  Score: 10/10

Pillar in excellent condition, with the shiniest metalwork I've ever seen. Congratulations to Ian on saving this pillar and setting it in such a pleasant location. Slight pity that the pillar doesn't get much of a view - maybe Ian has got a Bilby Tower on the shopping list [:)]. Special thanks to Ian and Jayne for their hospitality.

28th May 2006  10:33  by jwrouse

Gridref: SK 06320 74870   FB Number: S3353  Condition: Good  Score: 10/10

I visited Ian, by arrangement, on 28 May 2006 to view and photograph the pillar in its new location and I must congratulate him on the excellent job he did on cleaning up the brassware and placing the pillar in an attractive setting in his front garden. Also my thanks for the very friendly welcome that I received from Ian and his family. Non-visit log 20/08/2009 - I have added a few more photos showing the top cap & centre plug in more detail in an attempt to explain why the center plug sometimes has two diametrically opposed holes. I think it might be that the cap has been removed, the plug unscrewed from it and then replaced upside down, though why anyone should want to do that baffles me.

North Ockendon Pillar in its new home
S3353-FB
S3353 - Top Cap
S3353 - Spider
S3353-Montage
S3353 - Centre plug Showing that the plug appears to be a threaded cylinder capable of being inserted back into the top cap either way up.
S3353 - Top cap & center plug

21st Apr 2006  08:49  by teasel

Gridref: SK 06320 74870   FB Number: S3353  Condition: Moved  Score: 10/10

This pillar was removed from the farmer's field, with permission, some time after April 2003. In Jan 2006, it was put up for auction on Ebay. Naturally this caused a bit of fuss, with the result that the farmer was told by the OS to cancel the auction and destroy the trigpoint. I didn't want to see another trigpoint destroyed, even at the behest of the OS, so I contacted the farmer. Several phone calls later, I had his agreement to come and collect the trigpoint. (David, 3, was a bit scared when the tractor came straight for him, but was consoled by getting to climb into the cab and play with the controls!) There followed an interesting drive with the trigpoint perched on top of an old, borrowed trailer. We broke down on the M1 and needed a very nice man from the RAC, then later got stopped by the police... "Let me guess, sir, you got it on Ebay?" "Yes! How did you guess?" "We see a lot of strange things, sir, and most of them are from Ebay". Getting the trigpoint off the trailer was no less eventful, but due to the superb driving skills of the JCB man, it was installed without breaking anything or anyone. So, now that I have a trigpoint in my garden, does that mean I have to shout "get off my land" to anyone I see visiting it?! ;-)

Permission to remove the trig
The trig in its new home
The flush bracket
All metalwork intact!
The Ebay advert http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=7384553432
In its new home

18th Jan 2004  12:00  by peregrinus

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Destroyed  Score: 5/10

open arable field: no trace Jan04 (crop not grown) FB given as S/3353

20th Mar 1983  00:00  by RogerTempleman

FB Number: S3353  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

White pillar at junction of two fields at Whitepost Farm. One just ploughed, the other with young wheat.