Church Micro 3048....Heavitree Multi-cache
Church Micro 3048....Heavitree
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The given coordinates will take you to the main door of the church and you will find the answers needed to work out the coordinates for the cache itself by starting here and following the main path in an anti-clockwise direction around the church back to this spot. There is no need to walk amongst any graves. The cache can be found within approximately 275 metres / 0.24 miles and takes about 5 minutes to walk in either of 2 directions.
Short term on-road parking is available in various nearby roads. There is also a large free car-park behind the Cooperative supermarket in Heavitree (One and a half hours maximum stay). History - St Michael's & All Angels Once upon a time, back in pre-Saxon times, the royal hunting ground of Wonford surrounded the settlement of Exeter. Gradually, during Saxon times parcels of land were given to various priories and Wonford was fragmented and grew smaller. St Michael's Church is the heart of Wonford - it became Heavitree as it was the founding of a church near 'Hefa's' or heafod treow (chief tree), which was corrupted into Heavitree. Heavitree grew in importance because the main London Road (now Heavitree Road) ran through the village, and Wonford became smaller and its influence diminished. The earliest record of a church at Heavitree dates from 1152 when it was granted to Exeter Cathedral. It was altered in the 14th and rebuilt in the 15th century and then the church tower was rebuilt in 1541. The same year, it is said that the Heafod treow was felled. Most of St Michael's Church is Victorian - the nave was rebuilt, at a cost of £3,000 which was raised by subscription, and a grant of £500 from the Church Building Society, between 1844 and 1846. The architect, David Mackintosh used limestone, while retaining the Beer stone arcade and windows. It was consecrated on 1 August 1846. The limestone, Gothic tower was completed in 1887, in time for Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee and cost £3,155. There is not a trace of red Heavitree sandstone in the building. Parish records go back to 1556. Sources: White's 1850 and Kellys 1897. (achurchnearyou.com) INFORMATION NEEDED TO FIND THE CACHE: 1. On the base of the pillar beside the main church door, the completed years of the reign of Queen Victoria are 18AB to 18CD 2. The number of doors into the church where double doors are counted as one and excluding the inaccessible one down the steps = E 3. On the other side of the pillar to the left of the main church door, the date the tower was built is actually stated as 18FG - this is on the stone which mentions the parishioners and others interested in the parish. The cache can be found at: N50 (B-A) A. A (G-C) (F-E) W003 (E-A) (F-G). (D-A) E C “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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