Church Micro 254… Lewes (Priory of St Pancras) Traditional Geocache
Church Micro 254… Lewes (Priory of St Pancras)
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This is one of a series of seven Church Micros in Lewes, leading to a Bonus. In order to complete the Bonus cache you will need to collect a clue at each of the locations. These are not in the cache itself but in the grounds of these fine places of worship.
Prioiry of St Pancras - Lewes
Lewes Priory was founded by William de Warenne (1st Earl of Surrey, lord of the Rape of Lewes) and his wife Gundrada between 1077 and 1080 on the site of a Saxon church dedicated, like the Priory, to St. Pancras. William was a leading Norman baron with extensive lands in Sussex and elsewhere in England. Lewes was the first Priory in England belonging to the reformed Benedictine Order of Cluny, based in France. It became one of the wealthiest monasteries in England.
The main buildings, including the great Priory church, were put up in Quarr limestone in the Romanesque style between c1082 to c1100 and in Caen limestone from c1145 to the 13th century.
Dominating the site was the great 432 feet church, larger than Chichester Cathedral. It was a victim of demolition under the dissolution of the monasteries in November 1537.
In 1845 two lead caskets enclosing the bones of the founder and his wife were found while excavating the new railway between Lewes and Brighton which destroyed much of what remained of the great church, the cloister and the chapter house. They are preserved with Gundrada's Tournai marble tomb slab in Southover Church.
The clue for this Church Micro is the number of Monks that were there at the end (can be found on one of the information boards around the site). This will give you P.
The actual cache can be found as close to the old church as we could.
If any body would like to expand to this series please do, we would just ask that you could let sadexploration know first so he can keep track of the Church numbers and names to avoid duplication
Please bring your own writing implement !
Additional Hints
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Pnpur - Va gur puhepu haqre qvntbany cbfg ng gur erne va ohfurf
Pyhr - Cnary 1