St. Mary the Virgin
Another contribution to this series, started by sadexploration, is St. Mary the Virgin, Horsell.
The first stone chapel on this site was probably built about the middle of the 12th century. Parts of the present west wall of the nave may be from this building. Rebuilding took place early in the 14th century, from which date parts of the nave roof survive. By the end of the century the church consisted of nave, chancel and west tower, the south aisle being added in the 15th century, with an unusual roof construction. This aisle is built mainly of carstone, the tower of flint, clunch and heathstone. Towards the end of the 18th century the chancel was rebuilt in brick.
The church is entered from the tower through the Medieval doors, still in place. They are of oak and retain original hinges, latches and ironwork.
A simple offset cache where the coordinates will take you to a place where you will get the info you need.
There used to be a bench here with a plaque on which was used as the information to calculate the final coordinates. The bench has now been removed, so instead you need to count the number of panes of glass in the west window of the building (the "St. Andrew's Room) that is attached to the chuch, as follows:
A = number of rectangular panes
B = number of triangular panes
C = number of quadrilateral panes above the rectangular ones
The cache can be found at:
N51 19.A(B+C)(B-1) W000 34.(C-1)(B+1)(A+B+C+1)
You might want to avoid school run times as it can get very busy around this area.
The cache has a log book only plus micro certificates and hand made micro churches but no pen so please bring one with you.
If anybody would like to expand this series please do, we would just ask that you could let sadexploration know first so he can keep track of the Church numbers and names to avoid duplication