Church Micro 1080. St Mary's, Aldham Multi-cache
Church Micro 1080. St Mary's, Aldham
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DPM micro.Contains logbook only. Please bring your own pen.
Parking is available at the published coords, but may be restricted on Sunday about 11am.
The cache is on a public right of way.
Have a wander round, take in the fab views and solve the clues to find the cache. Please keep to the public rights of way
The present church was built around 1530, although the lower part is of Norman workmanship. There is a notable absence of dressed stone in the building; flints, pebble and rubble from the neighbourhood being used. Essential angles were made up with parts of ancient coffin lids, boulders and tiles.
By 1769 the Church was in a sad state of repair, and two of the three bells were sold to obtain funds for building two unsightly brick buttresses against the south wall of the nave to prevent its collapse.
A report on the Church fabric in 1881 stated that the building was as near a ruin as one actually in use could be. Over the next decade extensive restoration was carried out. More than half the tower was taken down and rebuilt and some of the south wall was demolished and rebuilt. A fine new roof of pitch pine was put over the nave, the chancel arch erected, and all the windows either restored or renovated.
The fine medieval woodwork includes the oak lectern, three bench ends and several poppy heads. Incorporated in one of the window jambs on the south side of the nave is a fragment of a cross shaft which is reputedly of pre-Norman origin; another is to be found outside, near the south side of the tower. The Royal Arms over the tower arch are those of George II and the arms of Elizabeth II hang over the north wall of the nave.
If any body would like to add to this series, please do, but could you please let sadexploration know first, so he can keep track of the Church numbers and names to avoid duplication.
CLUE: Look for the plaque under the fish wind vane. The year is AB07.
CLUE: The dates on Dorothy Mary Lloyds sundial are: 2/2/D and 2/2/E.
CLUE: How many benches to sit on next to the church? Answer is F.
CLUE: Count ALL the windows in the church tower. Answer is G.
So...U = G-A. V = G-F. W = D-E. X = E+F. Y = A+B. Z = G+A.
The cache is located at: N52 03.UVW E000 58.XYZ
Additional Hints
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Haqre gur fgvyr