Church Micro 477... Ingatestone Multi-cache
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Church Micro 477... Ingatestone
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St Edmund and St Mary - Ingatestone
The Parish of Ingatestone originates from an early saxon settlement known as “Ging ad Petram” (the parcel of land by the stone. A small Norman Church was built between 1080 and 1100, 44ft by 18ft on the current site. Two centuries later the Saxon settlement had grown into a medieval village and a larger church was required.
Around 1305 the south wall was re-erected 14ft further out and replaced by three arches. The present tower was added somewhere between1470 – 1510. The East wall was rebuilt in brick in the1620s. Early in the 17th century Sir William Petre’s grandson, William 2nd Lord Petre, added the North Chapel with its massive memorial to John, the first Baron, who died in 1613.
The Tower is the dominant feature of the church, described by Simon Jenkins in England’s Thousand Best Churches as ‘magnificent, a unified Perpendicular composition of red brick with black Tudor diapering. Strong angled buttresses rise to a heavy bettlemented crown, the bell openings plain.’
The church contains no visible pre-Reformation fittings or decoration.
The church is dedicated to St. Edmund, the East Saxon King, captured and martyred by the Danes in 870AD and canonised in 960AD and to St. Mary.
The Windows
Almost all the windows are Victorian. The exceptions are the St. Edmund window, dedicated in 1923, and the Millennium window, dedicated in 2000.
The Clock
A clock was installed in 1780 by local man Thomas Scarf, possibly replacing an earlier one. Scarf’s clock is now in the Chelmsford and Essex museum. The present clock dates from 1970.
The cache
The cache is currently a shiny (very)green metal micro pot located at N51°40.ABC E000°23.DEF. To work out the missing co-ords have a rest and watch the high street:
Liz Bottomley was ab years on the Parish Council and the Ingatestone and Fryerning Townswomens Guild made their original donation in 19cd
A = b
B = c - d
C = c + b
D = b - a
E = c - b
F = d + b
Parking
There is limited free parking in the High Street. There is a car park at N 51° 40.260 E 000° 23.065 and a pay and display car park during day time hours only (up to 6pm) at N 51° 40.325 E 000° 23.270.
Church Micro Series
If any body would like to expand to this series please do, could you please let sadexploration know first so he can keep track of the Church numbers and names to avoid duplication.
Additional Hints
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