The parish of St Peter's, Bushey Heath was formed out of the larger parish of St James, Bushey in 1889. It is a residential suburban parish of about 10,000 people, situated some 3 miles south of Watford and 16 miles north of London.
St Peters is a Grade II listed building and there has been a Church on the site since 1837 when it was built as a chapel-of-easer when the patrons of the living were the rector and fellows of Exeter College, Oxford. The first Vicar of St Peters was the Reverend Spencer Buller MA. In 1891 to keep up with new trends and make the church more imposing, a chancel was added along with a new large East Window which was similar to that at St Albans Abbey. This was dedicated to the Palmers who lived at Claybury and came from County Wexford, Ireland in the mid 1870s. Ricardo was a member of the Stock Exchange, a man of means and a generous benefactor in Bushey and Bushey Heath. They are buried adjacent to the south- west corner of St James' Church in Bushey with their eldest child Ida May.
In 1907 a new Vicarage was built and the church as it is today was rebuilt in 1910 retaining the original shell at the cost of £10,500. In addition a Parish Hall was added. The vicarage was sold in the 1970s and demolished but rebuilt some 100yards along the road.
In July 1921, the Foundation Stone was laid to a new Memorial Chapel by General Phipps Hornby VC CB CMG, later to be dedicated to St George and named ‘The Warriors’ Chapel’. General Phipps Hornby, as a serving officer in the Royal Horse Artillery, was awarded his VC in the Boer War following an action on 31st March 1900 at Korn Spruit when his battery was ambushed. He went into action and saved most of his men and guns.
At the given co-ordinates you will find a large sign with some further information given about the church. The cache itself is hidden a short walk away.
N 51 AB.CDC W 00 20.EFC
A = Number of letters after the Vicars name.
B= the hour of Said Holy Communion.
C= What Sunday of the month is the Family Service.
D= First number of the phone number.
Look behind you on the lamppost there is a yellow sign.
E= First digit of the top number
Facing the blue sign again, go to the right and on the end of the church there is a stone sign.
F= Number of letters in the last word second line
In total the co-ordinates should add up to 36.
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