The Church
The village itself is best known for this church as it has been called the 'most crooked church in Great Britain', and as such is one of my favourite in the area.
The church itself originates from the 12th century although most of the building we see today is 13th century with the standard nave,chancel, porch and western tower design, however the round-topped window in the northern wall dates from the 12th century. Other features vary in age from the 16th century windows to when the church was restored in 1880's.
Concerning it's crookedness, because the church is built on Old Red Sandstone sitting on top of Marl through many years of subsidence and slippage the chancel and tower have essentially gone in opposite directions giving the building that twisted look. The church has benefited from huge tie beams and buttresses to stop it's collapse!
Of particular interest (apart from the building's amazing shape!) are the six bells in the tower dating from 1672 and the 'weeping chancel' where the nave represents Jesus Christ's body and the chancel his head fallen sideways in death, except of course the whole chancel has gone sideways!!! If it is open pop in and take a look at the crookedness from within.
The Cache
The cache is a small to regular-sized clip-lock box (CM's don't have to be micro-sized) placed on the church grounds with permission from the parish vicar - so many thanks to him.
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