Church Micro 1209 - Little Horkesley Multi-cache
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Church Micro 1209 - Little Horkesley
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The church we see today is a rebuild of 1958 because the old church
was completely destroyed by a bomb in September 1940. However, many
of the treasures and monuments from the old church survived and are
now housed in the present church. These include three oak effigies.
The co-ordinates given are for the parking area at the church. You
will need to find some clues for the cache location.
The medieval church, dedicated to ST. PETER c. 1127, and to SS.
PETER and PAUL c. 1190, was struck by a landmine in 1940 and
completely destroyed. (fn. 77) It comprised an undifferentiated
nave and chancel with north and south chapels, a south aisle that
extended alongside a west tower, and a south porch. That church was
probably the nave of the medieval priory church whose monastic
chancel lay to the east. The north wall of the nave was probably
12th-century, the tower mid 14th-century, and the south aisle and
chapel 15th-century. The porch, which was largely rebuilt in the
18th century, and the north chapel, which was rebuilt when the
church was restored in the 19th century, were added in the 16th
century. The north chapel may have been the Trinity chapel built by
Sir William Findern before 1515. After the priory's dissolution the
chancel of the priory church was demolished, the chancel arch
blocked, and a new chancel formed from the eastern two bays of the
nave. (fn. 78) Among the furnishings destroyed in 1940 was a
15th-century screen between the south chapel and the south aisle, a
17th-century ironwork screen in the north chapel, a lectern made
from 15th-century tracery, and a table of c. 1600. (fn. 79) A
16th-century oak chest survived the bomb damage, as did the
15th-century font. (fn. 80)
You will need to find some clues for the cache location.
Final Cache location: N 51 57 AB(C/8) E 00 51 DEF
Beatrice Duthy 19A8 - 1999
Meriel Davis 192B - 2004
Violet C Born 1898 Died 1984
Pearl Salmon 19D5 - 2005
Lillian Ada Died 2E April 1899
Jane Susan Hollingworth 1 Dec 1946 - 2F Oct 2005
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.
Additional Hints
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Vg'f gurer V fjrne. Ab ohyy!