Christ
Church
Another contribution to this series, started by sadexploration,
is Christ Church, Ottershaw.
In the mid-19th century, the country between Chertsey and Woking
contained only small groups of cottages associated with large
estates such as Ottershaw Park. These hamlets gradually developed
into the present commuter village of Ottershaw. Originally
Ottershaw was in the ancient parish of Chertsey, but in 1857 the
new parish of Addlestone was formed. This included Ottershaw until
1865 when it became a separate parish.
Christ Church Ottershaw was the gift of one man, Sir Thomas
Edward Colebrooke (1813-1890) who came to live in Ottershaw in
1859. He provided sufficient land from his estate for a church,
churchyard and vicarage, paid all the construction costs and
endowed the church with £100 per year.
The church was designed in the studio of Sir Gilbert Scott and
was consecrated in 1864. The original building had no tower, only a
spire: the present tower, with spire above and the peal of six
bells, was added in 1885-1886, the gift of Edward Gibb esq. The
tower clock is a memorial to the Rev. Baron Hichens, 1881-1902.
This is the tower where WW2 learned to bellring in 1983
A straight forward micro. The cache is not within the churchyard
so do not try and look for it there - you won't find it!
The cache has a log book only plus small churches & micro
certificates 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