Church Micro 1806 - Lenham Multi-Cache
Long Man: As the owner has not responded to my previous log requesting that they check this cache, I'm archiving it.
Andy
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Church Micro 1806 - Lenham
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This is an extension of sadexploration's Church Micro series, in the picturesque market town of Lenham.
The listed co-ordinates are not the cache location, as this is a short multi-cache, the answers to the questions are required to find the final cache location. The clues can be found within a short walk of the published co-ordinates and there is plenty of free parking here too (2 hours max).
Lenham is a market village in Kent situated on the southern edge of the North Downs, halfway between Maidstone and Ashford. The picturesque square in the village has two public houses (one of which is a hotel), a couple of restaurants, and a tea-room.
Mentioned in the Domesday Book, Lenham market dates back to 1088, when the village was an important crossroad settlement. Technically the fact that Lenham is allowed a market, makes it a town but the community have always desired to maintain its village status.
There has been a Church here in Saxon and Norman times but the early building was destroyed by fire in 1297. It was apparently a malicious act which seems a little strange for those days when religion probably meant more to a community that it does now - although these days theft from our churches does unfortunately seem to be very commonplace. In 1298 Archbishop Winchelsea came to Lenham in person and excommunicated the perpetrators of the crime 'in absentia'.
As a consequence of this act of vandalism, the Church was rebuilt in the 14th Century. The only parts of the norman building to survive are a piece of the wall in the corner of The Chapel of St. Edmund on the North east corner of the building and a column between this Chapel and the West end of the Chancel.
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.
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