GC2X1YA John Nevisons - Stand and Deliver 1 (Traditional Cache) in Yorkshire, United Kingdom created by Swift Nick Nevison

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A cache by Swift Nick Nevison Message this owner

Hidden : 5/27/2011

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Geocache Description:

Come all raise your glasses and drink to Swift Nick,
A highwayman known to be handsome and quick.
A man who could outwit the young and the old,
But ended his days on the gallows, we’re told.

A story I’ve heard, which is known to be true

But in case you don’t know it, I’ll tell it to you:

Ringstone Hill is the highest point of a ridge on which Brierley stands. Most of the village is at three hundred feet above sea level with the nearby valley of the river Dearne at one hundred and twenty feet. This makes Brierley’s hill quite outstanding.

The ridge stretches from Clayton in the east to Ryhill in the west. In some places it reaches three hundred and fifty feet and at Ringstone Hill it reaches four hundred. The whole area forms a natural barrier between Pontefract and Barnsley.

John "Swift Nick" Nevison was one of Britain’s most flamboyant highwaymen, a man whose exploits earned him praise from even King Charles II. He was born in Wortley near Barnsley in present-day South Yorkshire and initially worked as an exciseman around Barnsley before turning to crime, operating from the Talbot Inn at Newark.

He had a reputation for not using violence against his victims, most of whom he and his gang attacked along a stretch of the Great North Road between Huntingdon and York on which this Geocache is located.

The existing farm house on Ringstone Hill was at this time an inn and the innkeeper’s name was Adam Hawkesworth.

There is a legend that the highwayman Nevison had hideouts for him and his loot in Yorkshire, one of them being Ringstone Hill under an old oak tree.

In fact, there is an entry in the records of the Magistrates Sessions at Rotherham for 1676, ordering that Adam Hawkesworth, inn-keeper at Ringstone Hill should have his sign taken down for having harboured Nevison, a notorious highwayman.

Can you find Swift Nicks Cache in Brierley?

This is the first in the series of geocaches dedicated to the life and history of Britain’s highwaymen.

NOTES:

The Geocache is a small clip box container inside a camouflage bag. It contains a logbook & pen. There is also room for small TB's, collectables such as geocoins and small loot.

WARNING

Please note that the geocache is NOT located on the farm. This is PRIVATE PROPERTY and should not be entered, Please stick to the public footpath. It is also a working farm so please be carefull to look out for farm machinery when near the entrance to it.

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