St.John
Upshire
Number 82 in the
series is St John Upshire in Higham.
A
prominent church designed to replace the medieval St Mary’s down on
the edge of the marshes. A rather wide church for its length, St
John’s is nevertheless welcoming and immaculately cared-for. The
octagonal piers with their oversized capitals are redeemed by the
fancy clerestory windows above. The tracery throughout is of the
Decorate style – some of it certainly not based on medieval
precedent! There are five 20th century stained glass windows. The
west is the oldest, and more traditional, having been designed by
Ward and Hughes in 1907. The others, in order of insertion are: The
east window (1954) by Moira Forsyth depicting the Annunciation; the
same artist did Noli me tangere in 1957 and Jesus saving Peter from
the waves in 1958 and FWCole did the BVM in 1973. All in all a
rather surprising collection and one which fits into this lovely
church remarkably well. The church is open daily, as is the
medieval church 1.5 miles north.
The coordinates will
not take you to the cache but to some information that will help
find the cache. There is some street parking available outside the
church.
The final position of
the cache is at N 51° 24.(B+A)B(D+B) E 000° 27.(D+E-B)(E-B)C which
is revealed by solving the following clue.
N 51° 24.966 E 000°
27.698 - Ring Father James - 01634 ABCDEF.
The cache has a log
book but no pen so please bring one with you.
If anybody would
like to expand this series please do, I would just ask that you
could let sadexploration know first so he can keep track of the
Church numbers and names to avoid duplication
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