About Village Sign Caches
This cache belongs to the Village Sign Series, a series of caches based on ornate signs that depict the heritage, history and culture of the villages that put them up (generally on the village green!).
The signs can be made of different materials from fibreglass to wood, from forged steel to stone. They can depict anything from local industry to historical events. The tradition probably started in Norfolk or Suffolk and has now spread across most of the country so we thought we would base a series on them!
More information and statistics can be found at the Village Signs Website
Four Marks was originally settled by veterans of the Crimean War, who were allocated plots for their smallholdings, and was the site of a telegraph.
The village has its own restored railway station on the local railway line, services from which connect with the nearest national rail station 4.4 miles (7.1 km) to the northeast, at Alton.
Four Marks is situated in some of the finest unspoilt Hampshire countryside. It is about half way along the historic St. Swithun's Way passing through the south-western fringe of the village, which links the South Downs Way at Winchester, the capital of Saxon England; to the North Downs Way at Farnham.
A simple offset multi at the Four Marks Village sign. Only use one side of the sign to collect the clues
The cache can be found by adding X to the headline Northings
A = number of letters in the name of the lane
B = number of letters on the finger opposite 'To The Pond'
C = number of trains
X = A + B - C
and subtracting Y from the Westings
D = number of lily pads
E = number of dragon flies
Y= D + E
Checksum for all 15 digits of the final coordinates is 43
If anybody would like to expand the Village Sign Series, please do. I would ask that you request a number for your cache first at www.villagesignseries.co.uk so we can keep track of the Village Sign numbers and names to avoid duplication.