St Mary’s, Chettle
The beautiful St Mary's church, whose tower dates back to the early 16th century stands on an area of raised ground. The west tower is early 16th century, but the chancel, nave, vestry and organ chamber were rebuilt by the Castleman family in 1850. The 16th century tower is of two stages, with moulded plinths and weathered string courses, and an embattled parapet. The bells are from the Salisbury foundry and date approximately to 1350.
Nearby is Chettle House, designed by Thomas Archer, a manor in the Queen Anne style which is set in gardens which can be visited. It was the home of Rev John West [1778-1845]. He was also parson of the church in its grounds but is now better remembered in Canada than in this quiet Dorset village. West was appointed chaplain to the Hudson's Bay Company and would he the first missionary to the North American Indians on behalf of the Church Missionary Society [1820-28]. His Red River Settlement church and school became St John's Cathedral, Winnipeg
To find the cache look for the memorial grave to the Crocker family
George ABCD-EFGH Louisa JKLM-NOPQ
Cache can be found at: N50.55.(Q-N)G(D-H) W002 04.(K-P)(C-B)(H+Q). Please note that the cache is a 25mm film cannister.
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If anybody would like to expand this series please do. We would just ask that you contact
sadexploration first so he can keep track of the Church numbers and names and to avoid duplication.
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