Church Micro 6566...Cubert Multi-cache

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Hidden : 10/10/2014
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
2.5 out of 5

Size: Size: micro (micro)

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Church Micro 6566...Cubert
This cache is set at the present parish church situated in Cubert. The first church on this site would have been a small simple wooden building, probably with a thatched roof, then at the time of the Normans at the end of 11th C, it would have been replaced with a stone built church with a slate roof, and with a nave and tower. Standing at the foot of the steps at the north entrance and looking East toward the altar, we can try to imagine the third church built sometime between 1200 and 1300. Finally, in the fifteenth century, the South aisle was added with its fine colonnade of pillars, and the south transept rebuilt into the south wall. The spire was added somewhat later and is not typical of Cornish churches which mostly have square towers.
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St Cubert Church Font
St Cubert Church Font

St.Cubert was a Welsh missionary who came over in the 7th C, together with his companion, St. Carantoc, and he established his church here, at the highest point of the parish and he eventually returned to Wales, where, according to the Welsh Chronicles, became Abbott of his monastery, dying in 775. The banner was embroidered by local members of the congregation and you will see a finely worked depiction of the parish church on one side and on the other the Holy Well at Trevornick, which is possibly where St Cubert would have baptised his first converts. Underneath there is the phrase: “Pray for us”, and we are quite confident that St. Cubert, like all the saints, will take a particular interest and care of those who worship and live in the community that he founded so long ago.

Major restoration of the church took place in the early 1900s in memory of Charles Henry Hosken, who had been vicar for 45 years. He was one of the Hoskens who are commemorated on the North side of the chancel wall. The Hoskens were an influential family, lords of the manor, living at Ellenglaze on the way to Holywell, which is also the remains of the old Priory once inhabited by monks from Bodmin, and in the cellars of Ellenglaze there are the vaults and remains of the Priory Chapel.

The beatiful stained glass windows seen date to the second half of the 19th C and they are all memorials to one or other of the Hosken family
Questions to answer The primary Coordinates take you to a well.
Stage 1 :- Number of Month of memorial to Queen 07 A 1977

Stage 2:- War Grave. N 50° 22.693 W 005° 06.897
On the memorial there is a date carved into the side commemorating Kenneth John Robson, the year being 19B0

Stage 3:- Main Door. N 50° 22.671 W 005° 06.920
Walk to the Main door - Number of wooden arches that support the roof? = C

Stage 4:- Grave of Peggy Smallcombe. N 50° 22.677 W 005° 06.935
Year of date of birth 09.09.19D1
- 31.08.1995

Final can be located at :-

N50 22. B-C, A-D, D.
W005 07.B-(A+D), A+C, D.
Cache Information Cache is a small lock and lock with room for smaller swaps and TBs.

The walk to the final can get a little muddy, so I suggest a good pair of boots or walking shoes - or other suitable footwear. There is ample parking near the church, except on Sunday's. You should be afforded a beautiful view walking to the final, and one of the church spire returning to the parking from the final.


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Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Onfr bs jbbqra cbfg, evtug bs gur svryq fvqr bs tngr. Pbbeqf znl or fyvtugyl bhg qhr gb gerr pbire.

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)


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