This cache is part of a series of caches which are placed at or near village halls and community centres. A series which other cachers can add to and expand into other areas. See the Village Hall Series bookmark list for all the caches in the series.
Bishops Sutton is a village and civil parish 1 mile (1.6 km) east of the market town of Alresford in the City of Winchester district of Hampshire, England. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 419.
At the time of the Domesday Survey the place was recorded as Sudtone i.e. Bishop's Sutton (which included Ropley), and Bramdean). The hundred of Bishop's Sutton was known as the hundred of 'Esselei', and comprised those places as well as West Tisted. The villages is by or on (depending on which track was preferred) the Pilgrims' Waybetween Winchester and Canterbury, which can still be walked via the North Downs Way.
A gazetteer of 1868 links Bishops Sutton with a residence of the Bishop of Winchester, saying it is now a malthouse, however one of 1872 says the Bishops had a palace here and the only suggested remains are its kennel. The 1871 population was 537 in 114 houses.
Esselei was a small hundred and in the eighteenth century, a law in England amended the hundreds which were of decreasing importance: from that date all manors within the immediate area were recorded in the Hundred of Bishops Sutton by law.
Now on to the multi!
The coordinates given are for the first question. Parking is available in the village hall car park.
1. Find the OUT sign for leaving the car park, how many orange reflectors can you see? = A
2. There is a NOTICE sign in the car park in between the IN and OUT, how many words on the first line underneith the word NOTICE? = B
3. On the NOTICE sign, how many letters in the first word after NOTICE? = C
4. On the notice board near the OUT how many words are there at the top of the sign? = D
N51 0(C-B).(C-D-D)(B-A)C
W001 0C.AA(D-B)
The cache is a micro placed at ground level - TWEEZERS required.
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