Set 440 feet above sea level this attractive old church has many
features of interest notably the extremely narrow aisles in the
nave, the hewn oak seats and the unusual and possibly unique
tower.
Pride of place must be given to the charming Victorian
bell-turret with its glazed upper stage, below the spire. Otherwise
almost all early 13th century. The aisles have small lancets, but
the walls are far too close to the arcade to be possible as
original C13 work. It is suggested that they were rebuilt so
tightly in the C17, and that the porch is C17 too.
Empshott village is of course even older and its name is derived
from the Old English word 'Imbe' or "Ymbe' a swarm of bees and
'sceat' a grove or uncultivated woodland. A dozen variants of this
name have been recorded including Imbeyte, Yuleshote and Imbishote
but in 1098 it was as Hibeste that it merited its entry in the
Domesday Book.
Now for the cache which can be found at
N51 04.ABC W000 55.DEF
The clues can all be found between the church WP (shown above)
and the end of the lane WP.
Where
A=The bottom number on the hydrant
B=The last number of the post box number
C=The first number of the gradient of the hill
D=The number of diagonals on a single church gate - the distance
to Selborne
E=The top number on the hydrant
F=The sum of the first two numbers of the post box number
If anybody would like to expand to 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
To view the church micro stats page, please click here