The parish church, which is built of flint, septaria rubble and English bonded red bricks, is dedicated to All Saints. The Abbots of Westminster were its Patrons and Rectors until the 16th century. Sir George Gilbert Scott restored the chancel arch in 1845 and fragments of the old arch were incorporated into the altar of the Lady Chapel when it was built in 1961.
John Constable stayed in Feering on several occasions with the Rev Walter Wren Driffield (who had christened him at East Bergholt in the middle of the night when he had not been expected to live) at what was the Vicarage until the 1950’s and now Drummonds. Constable did several drawings while staying there including one of the church porch and another depicted the Vicarage with the grass being rolled. It was appropriate therefore that when the Constable painting of The Risen Christ was sold by Manningtree Church that it came to Feering Church where it was hung in the Lady Chapel until recently when it was sold to pay for new heating.
The name Feering is thought to derive from Feringas meaning Bulls Pasture or Meadow. Today there are more than 40 buildings of architectural, historic or local interest in the village. Feering has always been important geographically as it is the crossing point of the River Blackwater and traces of the old Roman London to Colchester road have been found on Feering Hill.
The bypass and the dismantling of the level crossing on Feering Hill has allowed the village to grow, however, large areas of the parish are still agricultural and until recently orchards supplied fruit for a nearby jam factory.
The church is quite special inside if you get the opportunity to have look. Unfortunately it is kept locked a lot of the time.
The cache is a short distance from the church so to help you find it you will need to find the following -
At the entrance to the church is a large tree with the grave of Mr Fisher under it. Using Mr Fishers first name what is the third letters numerical place in the alphabet? A
Using Mr Fishers first name what is the fourth letters numerical place in the alphabet? Times by 4= B
To the left of Mr Fishers grave is a stone seat how many legs has it? C
How many stone figures are above the main entrance to the church ? D
At the rear of church is the grave of Mary Ann Wadley who died on 18th December 18ZZ. Z-3 = E
The cache is at N51 51.0C(B+C) E 000 4D.AEC
The cache container is a 'small' church micro. PLEASE NOTE: You may feel that the coords for the final location are out and we would agree with you. However these were the only coords acceptable to the reviewer and with cachers instinct you should have no trouble finding the cache.
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If anybody would like to expand on this series please do so. Could you please let sadexploration know first so he can keep track of the Church numbers and names to avoid duplication.