Church Micro 1183 - Easthorpe Multi-cache
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Church Micro 1183 - Easthorpe
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Given co-ordinates are for the church. Parking can be found outside
the church. If any body would like to add to this series, please
do, but could you please let sadexploration know first, so he can
keep track of the Church numbers and names to avoid duplication.
The thorpe in Easthorpe is thought to derive from the Saxon word
Thorp meaning hamlet or farm. In the time of Edward the confessor
it was held by one Eadric a freeman. The domesday book records the
village as Estorp being held by Hugh an under-tennant of Count
Eustace of Boulogne. The successors of Hugh held the village until
the late 12th century when it was granted to the Gernon family. The
church originally had a semicircular apse which was demolished in
the 13th century. Much of the remaining fabric of the church is
Norman and a number of windows still exist from that period. Its
difficult to say whether or not the sheela figure is an original
part of the church. The carving is fairly small and highly portable
and the material from which it is made is not local to the area.
Other figurative carving on the church is in a different style and
appears to be of a much later date. There are however fragments of
dressed and molded stone work embedded in the outside walls of the
church. Its hard to say whether these came from an earlier
incarnation of the church or elsewhere but the re-used round window
would seem to suggest that fragments from other buildings have been
incorporated into the building. To find the cache you need to find
a few simple clues: Jack Robert Bishop - Died 1A December 2000
Kathleen Zilpah Mary Wilcher 28th June 1908 - 30th March 199B
Mervyn Anthony West Born 1st July 196C Died 17th August 19D8 The
House with no name - 21091E Hugh Hodge Macauley 1F April 1938 - 28
September 2008 The final cache location is: N 051 51.A(B+3)C E 000
46.DEF
Additional Hints
(Decrypt)
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