Church Micro 4488…Upton Pyne Multi-cache

The cache is not at the above coordinates but is not far away. Clues to the location are in the churchyard and are not difficult to find. Substitute the letters for numbers and you will get the location of the cache.

William Henry Gibbons, Rector of this Parish from March 189A-March 189B

William Sharland who died April 8^th 19C0 aged 90 years

John Sharland who died 10^th October 1ED1 aged 62 (note this is ED not DE)

Richard Bamsey who died 2F May 1906 aged 75 years

The cache is located at N 50 46.ABC W 003 32.DEF and is a 50ml test tube which is not at ground level.

From the Netherexe Parish website.

The Church of Our Lady, Upton Pyne was consecrated by Bishop Grandisson (who also built part of Exeter Cathedral) in 1328. An earlier church was mentioned in 1283, of which there are no identifiable remains. The old stone cross in the churchyard by the south door is older than any part of the present church and may well have belonged to the earlier one. The tower, centre and south aisles were built in about 1380.

The tower is remarkable for having several figures still standing in niches. It is 50 feet high and like the walls of the church is built of the local volcanic trap rock. Under the pinnacles at the four corners of the tower are figures of the four Evangelists. St Matthew, headless and with an angel at his feet is at the south-west, St Mark with a lion at the north-east, St Luke with a calf at the south-east and St John with a lamb at the north-west. The niche over the west door contains a figure of Christ, blessing the people that enter the church. On the south side is an old crowned man, probably King David, with a lamb at his feet. In the south wall are two monuments.

The church was restored in 1875. The roof was entirely renewed, the church re-floored, the organ aisle built (the organ was bought in Exeter in 1865), the pulpit, reading desk and lectern made. The porch was also rebuilt and the pews replaced.

http://www.netherexe.org/the-churches/upton-pyne