An ancient area of Gloucester, Hempsted was just outside the City. The fine Norman church of St. Swithun was built and paid for by Norman noblemen. During the middle ages a persecuted Augustinian monastic order came out of Wales and settled at Hempsted with the blessing of the City authorities. They founded Llanthony Secunda Priory and Hempsted became an estate of the priory.
Extract from Lewis's Topographical Dictionary of England, 1831.
HEMPSTEAD, a parish in the middle division of the hundred of DUDSTONE-AND-KINGS-BARTON, county of GLOUCESTER, 1 mile (S.W. by W.) from Gloucester, containing, with South Hamlet, 548 inhabitants. The living is a rectory, in the archdeaconry and diocese of Gloucester, rated in the king's books at £8. Mr. Alderman Jones was patron in 1826. The church is dedicated to St. Swithin. In a field here are vestiges of some earthworks thrown up by the royalists during the civil war. The Gloucester and Berkeley canal passes through this parish, and the navigable river Severn runs along its western boundary.
Bring your own pencil.
The Reverse Wherigo
The cartridge was developed by -Waldmeister- and has been used by cachers all over the world to develop their own Reverse Wherigo.
The cartridge is available to download HERE on the Whereigo.com website. Search for a Whereigo app on the App Store for your phone ('WhereYouGo' is one that works).
These are three 6-digit numbers to activate the cartridge;
028321
552700
551080
You are now ready to start this Wherigo! Please note that once you are within 25m of the cache, you will be able to view the final coordinates.
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If anybody would like to expand to this series please do, I would just ask that you could let sadexploration know first so he can keep track of the Church numbers and names to avoid duplication.
To view the church micro stats & information page, please click here
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