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Church Micro 860...Bepton Multi-cache

This cache has been archived.

natterjacktoad: Archiving this will give someone the chance to create a new CM here - with a higher number! Please, not just a trad but something which will require finders to actually appreciate the church.
Will remove container ASAP

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Hidden : 8/28/2009
Difficulty:
1 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

A church micro at St Mary, Bepton.

St Mary, Bepton was built between 1180 and 1185, probably on the site of the Saxon timber church mentioned in the Domesday Book. The walls are of local sandstone and chalk rag, faced with a mixture of sand, lime and flints know as 'clunch'.

The building started with the tower which was planned to be much taller than the present squat structure and the walls were accordingly 3 1/2' thick. Unfortunately the builders misjudged the requirements for the foundations and when only one storey had been completed, the tower began to tilt.

Bepton did not escape the Black Death of 1349 and the mass grave for victims is under bushes on your left as you approach the south door.

To find the cache, which is a green cigarette tube, look for the answer to these questions in the churchyard;

Question 1; At N 50 57.456 W 000 47.038 there is a grave with an unusual headstone. How old was John Brown when he died? Answer = A2. How old was Anna Brown when she died? Answer = 7B.

Question 2; Go to the back (north side) of the church. How many windows are made of coloured glass? Answer = C. How many chimneys are there? Answer = D.

Question 3; At N 50 57.451 W 000 47.011 there is a war memorial in the shape of a celtic cross. One side commemorates the Great War. How many names are there? Answer = E. Move to the side commemorating the 1939-1945 war. William Arthur Whiteman served with which Sussex regiment? Answer = F.

The cache can be found at N 50 57.(C+D)B(E-A-D) W 000 46.F(B+C+D)B

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

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Pbeare

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)