GC4Z8ZB Church Micro #5422 Bitton (Multi-cache) in Southern England, United Kingdom created by Leonards193

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Hidden : 2/26/2014

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In the Domesday survey the Bitton area was called 'Betune' with the manor supposedly taking its name from the river, i.e. 'Boyd-Town', or 'Batten'. The village is one of the oldest in Kingswood Forest and is situated on a Roman road, the Via Julia.

To find the cache, you will need to gather information from inside the church.

Cache is to be found at N51ºHE.(C+F)BG W002ºHG.E(D-A)J

St Mary's Church is supposed to stand on the site of a heathen temple and there is some evidence of Roman remains.

The Norman tower was built in 1377.

Lady Chapel (St Catherine's) was added in 1298/99 by Thomas de Butten, Bishop of Exeter. There are a number of interesting 18th century tombs in the churchyard and the building has a fine interior.

The wooden roof of the nave is constructed from timber salvaged from a wreck in the Bristol Channel.

The Grange (the original parsonage) was founded before 1280 and was rebuilt in the later Middle Ages. In the 17th and 18th centuries it was remodelled and rebuilt. The Bath architect, John Wood, lodged here. The Old Vicarage was rebuilt in 1823 and is famous as the residence of Rev. Henry Thomas Ellacombe (vicar of Bitton 1817-1850) and Canon Henry Nicholson Ellacombe (1850 -1919). The father developed the fine garden whilst the son wrote a number of notable books and bounded the Botanical Gardens in Bath.

Church Farm (a manor house) dates from 1287 - the adjacent dovecote from 1444. It is reputedly the oldest house in the village. Although remodelled in the 17th and 19th centuries, many interesting features remain, such as the bars to the ground floor windows. These are reputed to have been introduced to exclude colliers.

The tower was added in 1370.

The church contains two stone coffin lids, reputed to be among the best in the country, dating from circa 1277.

The church is normally open on Sunday afternoons during Spring and Summer (but is also open at other times)

A = Find the plaque in memory of Blanche Ellen Taylor six bells were restored and re hung in 19?6.
B= In which year was the ship wreck in the Bristol Channel from which the wood used to construct the nave was salvaged 1?67
C= In which year did Prince Charles visit the church 199?
D= How many years were Rev H.T. Ellacombe and his son Henry vicars for (combined years) 9?
E= On which date was Zara Phillips a guest at a wedding here ? July
F= The church owns an Elizabethan chalice, from which year does it date 157?
G=Answers E + H
H = In which month of the year did Prince Charles visit the church?
I = How many feet tall (to the pinnacles) is the church tower (use the last digit)
J = Answers E - F

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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)

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