Upper Bolton (Wellington) Multi-cache
Hidden : 12/8/2009
Difficulty:
3 out of 5
Terrain:
3 out of 5

Size: Size: micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

Bolton Street Cemetery has a very interesting memorial trail.
If you want a real challenge try doing this in the dark.

The name Bolton Street Memorial Park was adopted in 1978 in recognition of the area's heritage and landscape qualities. It is the modern name for the site of Wellington 's earliest cemetery which dates from the founding of the city in 1840 and was closed fifty years later.
The selection of public land for a 'town cemetery' for all people regardless of religious affiliation mirrored the new society the Wakefield Company sought to create in the colony. This contrasted with the traditional overcrowded churchyard cemeteries of England.
Burials began formally after Governor Hobson's approval of the area as a non-sectarian burial reserve in August 1841. Deaths recorded in those early days of Wellington were often a reflection of the difficulties of life in the new settlement. Drowning, consumption and childbirth were commonly given as causes of death. Soldiers, large settler families, sailors, and especially children predominated, to be joined later by politicians and Maori and Pakeha community leaders.
At first the struggling citizens of Wellington could only afford wooden headboards and picket fences for protection from cows grazing on land overgrown with weeds. Whereas deaths were recorded, the locations of individual grave plots were not listed until the 1850s. These wooden headboards have long since decayed so that many plots cannot now be located.
In 1851 following some controversy, the 'town cemetery' was split into three sectarian areas known as Bolton Street Cemetery (for Church of England burials), Sydney Street Cemetery (the public one for "non-conformists") and the Jewish Cemetery. Roman Catholic burials took place in the Mount Street Cemetery located adjacent to the University.
As the town grew and its leading citizens began to be buried, the headstones became more elaborate and permanent. The popular 19th Century plant, the rose, began to be planted amongst the graves. Exotic trees were also planted, both conifers from California and deciduous trees such as oaks and elms from Europe . Holly and yew were among other trees planted because they were felt to be appropriate for graveyards.
Growth of the town during the 1880s resulted in the three town cemeteries being surrounded by development to the concern of its citizens: With imminent overcrowding and concerns about health risks, the distant Karori Cemetery was established and the three town cemeteries closed in 1892, except for close kin within existing family plots.
There are 1,334 gravestones or memorials still visible within the Bolton Street Memorial Park . Of these less than 600 are still in their original position. The reinstated graves, mostly moved for the motorway work, have been placed as near as possible to their original location and within their original sectarian boundaries of the old Church of England or public cemeteries. None of the Jewish graves have been relocated. In many cases the gravestones have been lost or destroyed through time, especially the earliest ones which were made of wood.
Huge controversy prevailed in the 1960s over the proposed selection of the cemeteries area for the route of Wellington 's motorway. The cemetery was temporarily closed to all public access from 1968 until 1971 while about 3,700 burials, many newly discovered, were exhumed. Most of these remains now lie in a large vault beneath the Early Settlers Memorial Lawn situated behind the replica Chapel, while a small number were reinterred at Karori or Makara Cemeteries at the request of relatives. All recovered grave stones and monuments were relocated throughout other parts of the Cemetery, except for a few claimed by relatives. This section of the motorway was opened on 21 May 1978. A promise to build a linking piazza never eventuated and a more modest footbridge over the motorway was constructed instead. The overall damage to the cemetery was considerable and marked a turning point on Wellington 's attitude to conservation questions.
A number of important individuals have been buried in the Park. Such people include Edward Gibbon Wakefield, Richard Seddon, Harry Holland, Robert Hannah, Samuel Duncan Parnell, Henry Blundell, John Plimmer, Alexander Turnbull, Charles Decimus Barraud and Maori leaders Te Ropiha Moturoa and Rira Porutu. Other gravestones are identified because of unusual deaths or because the memorials are of an interesting style.






All the answers to the questions in your quest can be found by following the memorial trail and identifying the “trail number” on the post adjacent to the grave that matches the photos above. By placing the appropriate “trail number” on the grid you then need to total each horizontal line and each vertical line in order to calculate the GZ co-ordinates. H1 stands for top horizontal line 1; V1 stands for first on left vertical line and so on.


H1 . . . .
H2 . . . .
H3 . . . .
H4 . . . .
H5 . . . .
. V1 V2 V3 V4


The cache is located at
South 41 16.UVW
East 174 46.XYZ



Checksum U+V+W+X+Y+Z = 9 less than sum of line H1



U = Half of {(H1+H5) minus H4}
V = V4 minus H2
W = H4 minus H2
X = (V3 plus V2) minus (H1 plus H2 plus H3)
Y = Sum of digits for V1
Z = Second digit of (H3 plus H5)


Once you have worked out these co-ordinates add 4 to the South co-ord and add 2 to the East co-ordinate.
It will be necessary to bring your own writing implement to sign the log.
A degree of stealth may be required. Please replace as found.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Uvag 1 Teno n znc naq oebpuher ol nal cnex ragenapr Uvag 2 Hfr n pnyphyngbe Uvag 3 TM vf orgjrra ng gnyy urnq urvtug

Decryption Key

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

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)


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