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Church Micro 5505…Hammerwich Traditional Cache

Hidden : 3/26/2014
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Geocache Description:

St John the Baptist Church, Hammerwich is set on a hill overlooking the village of Hammerwich, Staffordshire. Hammerwich is now famous all over the world because of the discovery of the ‘Staffordshire Hoard’ in 2009.

retouched by Howard - thanks!

The present church, which is a grade two listed building, was completed around 1873 and the vestry added in 1883 - although it looks much older to me - what do YOU think? This building was built on the site of a church believed to be of Saxon origin. This was demolished and the present one built during the time when the Reverend Robert Gordon (brother of ‘Gordon of Khartoum’) was the vicar of the parish.

The church is of the early English style of architecture, built of stone and consists of a Nave of three bays, a chancel, north aisle and a tower which is surmounted by a spire. On the north side is the vestry and the porch. The large entrance to the porch is in the style of a Gothic archway.

If you're interested in benchmarks, there is one on the church (nearest corner as you enter the gate). You can also log this with a photo on waymarking.com if you wish here.

There is parking by the church (see the waypoint below) and the cache (a camo'd tub) is a short pleasant walk away.

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For full information on how you can expand the Church Micro series by sadexploration please read the Place your own Church Micro page before you contact him at churchmicro@gmail.com.

See also the Church Micro Statistics and Home pages for further information about the series.
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Additional Hints (Decrypt)

3sg sebz lbhe srrg Ab cravgrapr erdhverq

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)