Church Micro 1573, St John the Baptist Traditional Geocache
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Church Micro 1573, St John the Baptist
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Our first ever cache of what will be a series of cache and dash hides celebrating our local churches and an extension of the series maintained by Sadexploration
The church of ST. JOHN BAPTIST consists of a chancel, north vestry, nave, north aisle, and a wooden bellcote at the west end. In 1846 the old church was taken down and the present building erected on the old foundations, with the addition of a north aisle, from designs by Sir G. Gilbert Scott, and at the cost of the lord of the manor. The west wall of the nave and the main structural portions of the wooden steeple were retained.
In the east wall of the chancel is a window of three cinquefoiled lights with tracery of late decorated type within a two-centred head. This window is said to have been copied from the east window of the original church. In the west wall is a small lancet window of original 13th-century date. At the west end of the nave is the original timber framing carrying the bellcote. The two westernmost roof trusses are strengthened by four wall-posts resting on the floor, and from them spring curved braces supporting the tie-beams on which rest the corner posts of the bellcote. The bellcote has been much restored, and is surmounted by a modern conical roof covered with oak shingles. Among the older monuments are four mural tablets to members of the Gifford and Jones families.
There are two modern bells.
You are looking for a stainless steel nano cache containing nothing more than a log and you will not have to enter the churchyard. You will need to bring your own pen for signing and probably a winklestick to extract the log! Please only date and initial.
[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]
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