Church Micro 1574, St Marys Traditional Cache
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Church Micro 1574, St Marys
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Our second 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
Christians have been worshipping in Cholsey for more than a thousand years. The church was founded as an abbey church by King Ethelred the Unready in approximately 986. It is thought that the lower part of the church tower with its "long and short" cornerstones typical of Saxon buildings, dates from this time. This is all that remains of what was probably the last great Anglo-Saxon monastery to be built in England. The abbey at Cholsey is mentioned in the Domesday Book, the great survey of England commissioned by William the Conqueror in 1086. The church was substantially rebuilt between 1150 and 1170 and, unusually, has retained its original cruciform shape until the present day and remained largely unaltered on the outside. The fine crossing arches are Norman work, although they have been restored at various times in later years. The carvings on the western capitals, some of the windows and the ornamented south nave doorway can all be admired today. In the 13th century, a splendidly light extension to the east end of the chancel was built. The height of the tower was increased at about the same time. Over the centuries the church building was modified to meet the needs of the day. A large window was put in the south transept in the 14th century and another large window in the west end of the nave in the 15th century. The church's most famous member was the crime-writer Agatha Christie, who died in 1976 and is buried with her husband, the archaeologist Sir Max Mallowan. Her grave is located in the north west corner of the churchyard.
You are looking for a stainless steel nano cache containing nothing more than a log. You will need to bring your own pen for signing and probably a winklestick to extract the log! Please only date and initial.
You may also want to tackle The Agatha Christie Series–Death comes as the End (GC149B5)
?[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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