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Church Micro 159....Fittleworth 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This cache has been archived.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 : 11/15/2009
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

Another in the Church Micro series by sadexploration - this one at St Mary's, Fittleworth.

The above co-ordinates are for parking which is available on the one-way lane outside the church.


This church is rather special to me as my parents were married here in 1964. They met, literally, just around the corner at what was the Fittleworth Rifle Club.

The earliest part of the building now standing is the tower, dating from the late 11th century, and probably part of the original church. It is a Grade I listed building.

A cottage at nearby Bedham was for some years the home of Sir Edward Elgar, who occasionally played the church organ, and composed some of his work here.

There is a fine yew near the south door, which is about 1000 years old.

To log the cache you will need to find the answer to some clues in the churchyard.

Sit for a while courtesy of Major Speirs. Which Fittleworth organisation did he chair? For the Parish Council, A=7. For the British Legion, A=8. For the Red Cross, A=9.

There are several horizontal memorials for the Benger family. When did Oswald de Berenger Benger die? BCDE.

In which year was the clock placed in the tower? FGHJ.

You can now look for the cache at N50 57.A(B+D-E)H W00 33.GJH.

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)

[For the cache]Erznvaf bs gerr ba fybcr

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)