St.Mary’s
The site upon which
this Church is built is said to be that of a Romano British Chapel.
Certainly a house of worship has stood here for at least 600 years,
as historical records begin in 1342, when the site came into
possession of the Priory of Takeley in Essex. It is described in
the annals of the Priory as a Rectory of that monastery. Before
that time it is possible that a crude wooden structure existed, or
divine service may have been held under the ancient yew tree that
stood in the Churchyard until 1829. This venerable tree, which was
reputed to be over 1,000 years old, was, most regrettably, cut down
when the old Hampton Church was demolished in that year. The
present Church was built in 1830-31 and was consecrated on 1st
September, 1831, by the Bishop of London (Dr Charles James
Blomfield).
The waypoint below
will take you near to the family grave of Hugh Campbell and his two
children Eleanour and Alfred. Here you will need to find the
following info:
Hugh died 187A
Eleanour was born 187B
Alfred was born C87D
Cache located at N51 24. ( A ) ( B ) ( C + D ) W000 21. ( D + D) (
C ) ( C + D )
The cache is not hidden in the church grounds but approx 350m away
in a small park on the banks of the river thames, please keep any
children under close supervision.
Please use the nearby Pedestrian Crossing to reach the other side
of the road.
Unfortunately you cannot walk all the way along the riverbank to
reach GZ so why not visit Garrick’s Temple to Shakespeare on your
way to the cache, an interesting diversion, more info can be found
here GARRICKS
TEMPLE. The Temple itself is only open on Sundays between April
and September but the grounds are open dawn til dusk all year
round.
The cache has a log book but no writing implement, make sure you
bring your own.
Due to the very public location of this cache, please use extreme
stealth and care when retrieving and replace exactly as found
making sure it cannot be seen by muggles.
If any body 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.