The land St Mary's stands on was acquired on 20th July 1908 for the sum of £268-5s-9d for 1161 sq. yards of land with a 32ft frontage on Wilsthorpe Lane.
St Mary's church is the only remaining 'tin-hut tabernacle' used for regular worship in the Anglican Diocese of Derby. It was loaned second hand from Heanor Parish in 1912 as a mission daughter church to All Saints' church in Sawley - a chapel-of-ease situated between All Saints' church and St Lawrence church in the centre of Long Eaton. In 2012 on the 100th anniversary, Heanor Parish confirmed the donation of the church to Sawley Parish.
The long term plan was to erect a brick built church, but this did not happen because of the Great War which followed on soon after. St Mary's has become an increasingly vibrant community hub in the Wilsthorpe ward of Long Eaton over the last 2 years. Weekly clubs now include 'Knit and Natter', SMILE lunch club and Alcoholics Anonymous.
The given coordinates are not the location of the cache.
To find the cache, solve the following:- N 52 53.ABC W 001 17.DEF
(you DO NOT need to enter church premises to solve this)
where
A = At St Mary's, how many days a week is a Holy Communion service held? + 1
B = At St Mary's, evening worship is held on which Sunday's of the month? Add these two numbers together.
C = Divide the 9th digit of the Rector's phone number by 3
D = The mode letter in the Rector's name appears how many times?
E = How many windows can you see down the SIDE of the church beyond the door?
F = How many vertical drainpipes are visible from the pedestrian gateway + 1?
Congratulations to PlasmaWave on FTF
Caches also in the area include GC5FBTD - P.o.W.L.E -St Marys, GC6HHM2 - Church Micro 9524 - New Sawley, GC6AM5A - SideTracked - Long Eaton(Station)
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