Church Micro 9732...Swanbourne Traditional Geocache

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Professor Xavier: Hi

One of my roles as a reviewer is to monitor my region for caches that have been disabled for a long time, have had a reasonable number of DNFs or appear to require some maintenance. This is done through running a query on a database of all the caches in my region that looks for such things or by cachers submitting Needs Archiving logs as it appears maintenance may not be being carried out by the CO.

It would appear that this cache may benefit from some attention by the CO. May I ask that the owner checks the cache and sort out any problems with it or gives an indication of when it may be up and running again for people to find. If this cannot be done or if the CO no longer wishes to maintain the cache then the listing should be archived.

Of course if the CO has visited the cache recently then please post an Owner Maintenance log indicating that they have done so, enable the listing, and all should be fine.

In the future, if a listing is going to be disabled for a long time then posting periodic notes to the page (once per month or so) keeps people up to date with what is happening.

This isn't a requirement to fix the cache immediately but if it's unlikely to be done within 30 days could the CO post a note to the cache page giving an indication of when the maintenance will be done, or an indication of why it cannot be carried out.

By all means send a mail to me through my profile, quoting the cache name and GC code, but please also post a note to the cache page. Emails to me may be missed or go astray and it would be a shame to archive the listing due to missing correspondence.

Guidelines: "You are responsible for occasional visits to your cache to maintain proper working order, especially when someone reports a problem with the cache (missing, damaged, wet, etc.). You may temporarily disable your cache to let others know not to search for it until you have a chance to fix the problem. This feature is to allow you a reasonable amount of time - normally a few weeks - in which to check on your cache. If a cache is not being maintained, or has been temporarily disabled for an unreasonable length of time, we may archive the listing."

Sadly if there is no response to this log after 30 days I may have to archive the cache.

Please note that the guidelines say that if a cache is archived by a reviewer or Geocaching HQ staff for lack of maintenance then it will not be unarchived - Unarchiving a Geocache

Regards

Ed
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Hidden : 4/10/2018
Difficulty:
2.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size: other (other)

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Geocache Description:


This cache is our first Church Micro Cache. It is also our first cache placed since moving down south to this beautiful village. The cache is a micro as described. It is also not in the grounds but very close. I may add a clue as time goes by.
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For full information on how you can expand the Church Micro series by sadexploration please read the Place your own Church Micro page before you contact him at churchmicro.co.uk

See also the Church Micro Statistics and Home pages for further information about the series.
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The present church building dates back to 1230, although there was almost certainly a church, probably made of wood, on the same site before this date. It is dedicated to St. Swithun, who was the Anglo-Saxon Bishop of Winchester. The deluge of rain that followed the moving of his body into a tomb in the newly constructed Cathedral on 15th July 971, led to the tradition that if it rained on 15th July, named St Swithun’s Day, then it would rain for the next 40 days. In 1201, the manor of Swanbourne (together with Mursley) was granted by Hugh Mallet and his wife Margaret to the Cistercian Abbey at Woburn ‘in pure and perpetual alms, with the church of Swanbourne, to be held of him and his heirs for ever’. In 1218, the Abbey presented Robertus Passelewe as the first recorded vicar. The last resident vicar was James Mathers, who died in post in 1965, after which time the Rector of Mursley has also been vicar of Swanbourne. The original church consisted of Nave, Chancel and Tower. The North Aisle was added some time in the 16th Century. The Tower was rebuilt in perpendicular style on its same foundations by the early 17th century. The South wall was rebuilt in 1632, the date being clearly visible above the porch. A major restoration was undertaken in 1863, and the present porch was added in 1874. There is a ‘doom’ wall painting visible behind the altar, representing ‘The Four Last Things’, i.e. Heaven, Hell, Death and Judgement. There are also remnants of red paint visible on some of the pillars, indicating that the whole church was once highly decorated. The church has many memorials to the various Lords of the Manor and members of their families, the three oldest being in the floor of the chancel for members of the Adams family. These include a brass commemorating Thomas Adams who was murdered in 1626. Other wall plaques in the Nave are linked with names of Deverell, Askew and Penn, as well as more members of the Adams family. The Chancel has a variety of memorials to members of the Fremantle family, who have dominated the village since their arrival in the village in 1798. These include one to Vice-Admiral Thomas Frances Fremantle, who fought at Copenhagen and Trafalgar, and his wife Elizabeth Mary (better known as Betsey Wynne). There is also a plaque to their son, also Thomas Francis Fremantle, who became the 1st Lord Cottesloe, and to his son the 2nd Lord Cottesloe. A plaque to the 3rd Lord Cottesloe is in the nave near the South door. The Chancel also has stained glass windows. The three East windows commemorate the 50th wedding anniversary of the 1st Lord and Lady Cottesloe in 1874, and have scenes illustrating the Marriage of Cana, Mary and John at the foot of the cross and the Last Supper. Other windows in the North wall are to St Cecilia, St Phoebe and St Stephen, and in the South walls to St Paul, the Virgin and Child and St John. In the churchyard, to the right of the porch, is a tomb to the Godwin brothers, William and Nicholas, who left money for the setting up of the first school in the village, started in 1707.

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