Church Micro 564 - All Saints, Springfield Traditional Geocache

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Cloggers: The metal seat, as mentioned in the last log, has been removed. Whether it is to be refurbished and/or replaced I have no idea. Either way, I don't work in the area these days so maintenance will be a problem with a replacement cache.

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Hidden : 3/31/2009
Difficulty:
1 out of 5
Terrain:
1 out of 5

Size: Size: micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

A suburban micro cache - the road can be busy so please take care.

Christians have met and worshiped on the site of All Saints for over 1000 years.

Roman soldiers camped here overnight whilst marching between London and Colchester. Remains from the occupation can be seen in the tiles which have been incorporated into the church walls.
In 1066 William the Conqueror sent his son, Ralph, to East Anglia to compile the Doomsday Book. While here, Ralph records that he found a Saxon church built from wood with a thatched roof. Due to its state of disrepair he ordered it to be demolished and a new stone church to be built in its place.
The nave dates from around 1100 and the chancel was rebuilt around 1330, when the north vestry was added. The walls are mostly flint-rubble with limestone dressings although the west part of the tower fell and was rebuilt with the bell chamber in 1586 and so the upper part of the tower is largely 16th century brick.
There are three sundials scratched on the chancel south doorway that showed the times of services.
For more information and a virtual tour of the church visit its excellent web site at (visit link)

Adjacent to the church is Springfield Place, a fine building that until quite recently served as a college for Marconi trainees, but has now been converted into apartments. Also close by is the Tulip - the only pub in England to bear that name.

There is no car park at the church although there are two parking areas on the road outside. However, please note that parking is prohibited even on these spaces between 12:30pm and 1:30pm, Monday to Saturday.

The cache is a magnetic micro with a small badge for the FTF but no pencil, so BYO!

If anybody would like to expand on this series please do so but kindly let sadexploration know first so he can keep track of the church names and numbers to avoid duplication.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

erfg n juvyr orarngu gur gerr ba gur vfynaq

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)


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