Church Micro 2580... King's Cliffe Traditional Geocache
Church Micro 2580... King's Cliffe
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The church of All Saints stands on the south side of the village, the ground sloping down to the east and south from the churchyard, which lies chiefly on the south and west side of the church.WEST
The building is cruciform, with a central tower, north and south transepts, chancel 30ft. by 17ft., its axis being north of that of the tower, and nave 54ft. 6in. long by 18ft. wide, with a north aisle 12ft. wide, a south aisle 11ft. 6in. wide, and north and south porches.
The tower is the oldest part of the the building, and dates from about 1100. It is the only remaining part of a church which had a tower between nave and chancel, without transepts, the north and south walls of the tower being external. If any alterations were made to this building before c.1220, they have left no trace, but about that time a belfry stage and spire were added to the tower, and its east and west arches rebuilt and widened.... The north transept seems to have been built c.1260, but the south transept has no features of so early a date..... The aisles and south transept appear to have been brought to their present form in the 15th century.
The font is at the west end of the north aisle, and has a round bowl with four quatrefoils alternating with circles; the shaft is also round, flanked by four smaller shafts with moulded capitals of the 14th century. [This is presumably the same font in which the members of the Newbon family were baptised.]
The plate comprises a silver cup, cover paten, and flagon of 1751, two bread-holders of 1691 and 1692, and four pewter plates.
There are four bells, the treble by Henry Penn, 1714, the second of 1619, inscribed -
Multi vocati pauci electi 1619 Richard Bardon Nicolas Baili Gardian
Mistris Maria Hartleie Widdo Casthis (sic) bell 1619
the third by T. Mears, 1832, the fourth of 1592, and the tenor by Thomas Eyre, 1738.
A 35mm pot, parking is at the church then a short walk to the cache.
“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.
There is also a Church Micro Stats page found via the Bookmark list”
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