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Church Micro 5796...Ludgershall Multi-Cache

Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

Information to be sought in the graveyard at the church of St Mary the Virgin, Ludgershall followed by a short walk to the cache location.


The cache is not at the above co-ordinates.

St Mary the Virgin, Ludgershall

The Church of St Mary the Virgin is the parish church in the village and parish of Ludgershall, in Buckinghamshire.

The main chancel of the current building dates back to the early 14th century, with later adjustments, in particular the tower, which was possibly added in the 15th or 16th century. Interestingly though the earliest part of church, the font, is at least of 12th century origin. Most of the fittings inside the church are from the 17th century.

Of the brasses and tombs inside the church there is a brass dated 1565 dedicated to Anne Englishe, and an interesting tomb with a pyramidal roof for the Spiers family.

Of the previous vicars of the church of particular note was the philosopher and theologian John Wycliffe, who was the vicar here in the 14th century.

Now for the cache:

Within 50 feet of the church building there are two graves facing each other, of Edwin Roberts and Sarah wife of Anthony West. You need to extract some information from these graves in order to ascertain the location of the final.

The cache can be located at:

N51 50.ABC W001 02.DEF

Where:

A is the date in May that Edwin died, plus 1

B is the second digit of Edwin's age at death

C is the date in November that Edwin's wife died, minus the last digit of the year

D is the first digit of Sarah's age at death

E is the second digit of Sarah's age at death, minus the last digit of the year

F is the second digit of the date in December that Sarah died

You are looking for a 35mm pot in a camo bag. Good luck!

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Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Onfr bs cbfg evtug unaq fvqr haqre ebpx

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)