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This bench mark was established in 1851 during the First primary levelling of England & Wales, and was levelled with a height of 178.5890 feet [54.4339 metres] above mean sea level (Liverpool datum). It was included on the Sheffield to Birmingham levelling line. The surveyor's description was "No. 125. Mark on corner of the Jolly Delvers public house, Little Eaton ; 1.87 ft. above surface" (p359). The 1881 map (and all subsequent maps) shows this mark which is on the east face, north-east corner of the pub, which is now called Queens Head. The inn dates back to 1835 when it originally opened as the Delver's Inn, a delver being a quarry worker.