St Mary's, Bramshott is in the old part of the village on the
corner of Church Road and Church Lane. The chancel and transepts
date from 1220, whilst the nave was rebuilt in the 1870s. The
church building is set above the sunken lanes (which makes for
careful parking!) and has a beautiful open churchyard of about 5
acres and includes over 300 WW1 Canadian War Graves.
When we visited to set the cache the local school children had
coloured in maple leaves and added the names and numbers of
soldiers to leave by their graves for Canada Day. All rather
moving.
The co-ordinates above will take you to the lych gate. A = the
number of letters in the date.
Go to N51 05.354 W000 47.898 where you will find two saints. B =
number of letters in the shorter name. C = number of letters in the
longer name.
When could you start to tell the time at this church? = 1DEF.
Move down the churchyard to the first area with military graves.
Near the wall is a headstone with a dove. You need to find the
military number for Pte James Moffatt, 226th Battalion (Manitoba) =
GH010JK.
Finally, go to N51 05.295 W000 47.986 where there is a memorial for
King George's Sanitorium for Sailors. Look for the 8th name down in
the first column (should be familiar!) Number of letters in the
first name = L, number of letters in the second name = M.
Now you can calculate the position of the cache; N51
05.(l-j)(d-f)(b+m) W000 47.(a-g)(c-k)(e+h)
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