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Church Micro 2455 Monk Soham St. Peter Traditional Geocache

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Hidden : 1/19/2012
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Terrain:
2 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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You are looking for a black screw top tube.



© Copyright Adrian S Pye and licensed for reuse under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.0 Generic Licence.

The church which is usually open, is situated well away from any road, in a splendid rural setting. When visiting, it is well worth taking the short walk on either of the two footpaths as this is what the parishioners would have done for centuries.

The 15th century South porch of St. Peter's is a vast, shabby affair. Usually when you get a porch of this date built against a church a couple of hundred years older, the Perpendicular usually looks so much neater than the Decorated. Not here, though.

However, the ancient interior is full of charm and interest. There is a Seven Sacrament font, one of thirteen in Suffolk, and one of less than forty in all England. West of the font is a quite extraordinary chest, presumably 13th century or so. It is fully three metres long, but only about fifty centimetres wide.

The east window is awesome - it must be one of Suffolk's widest. It has beautiful, Decorated tracery, revealing more of the age of the church than the Perpendicular makeover of the nave windows.

This listing contains excerpts from Simon Knott's excellent website www.suffolkchurches.co.uk , with grateful thanks. If anyone would like to expand this Church Micro numbered series please do by contacting sadexploration via www.geocaching.com so that he can keep track of the church numbers and names to avoid duplication.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

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Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)