Church Micro 1969…South Ashford - Christchurch Multi-Cache

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Hidden : 3/7/2013
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size: micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

A relatively simple multi-cache in a rather busy area. Stealth is essential

When the South Eastern Railway came to Ashford in 1842 and the large Railway Works opened in 1847, Canon Alcock, the Vicar of Ashford, decided that a new church was needed in South Ashford. An appeal was launched in 1860 to fund the church. The required £4,219.1s.1d was raised, and Christ Church was opened on May 1, 1867. Originally a curate from the Parish Church of St. Mary’s Ashford looked after Christ Church, but in 1889 the church was consecrated. The first Priest-In-Charge was the Rev.A.W.Palmer.

The church was built by a local firm Steddy, Joy and Steddy, and the ground was given by the Lord of the Manor, Mr. G.Jemmett, who is honored by the nearby Jemmet Road. There is also a memorial to this gentleman in St. Mary’s Church, Ashford. (And there's a Church Micro there too...)

The Parish Room was added by 1890 and a house for the Priest-In-Charge was built by that date. Mr. Marsh Pearson Piety, a coach builder and a regular worshipper at Christ Church, met the expense out of his own pocket. In 1897, a new organ costing £308.10s was dedicated.
The new vestry was added in 1910 and over the years many improvements and alterations have been added. Furnishings and vestments were given by members of the congregation as commemorations, a tradition still kept today. The Railway made a yearly grant of £100 which ceased in 1937.
After the First World War, a memorial shrine was given by Mr. & Mrs. Kilher. A stained glass window depicting St. Francis and the Black Prince was donated by Mr. & Mrs. Jemmett and is called the Captain Jemmett Window. Another, perhaps unique, stained glass window placed in the chancel incorporates a steam engine and a few notes of music in memory of Railway employee, organist and choir master Mr. Frederick Winter.
During the Second World War the parish hall was a First Aid Post during the Blitz. An air raid shelter, now the Vicar’s garage, stands at the entrance to the church car park.

In the late 1970′s, a wood and glass screen was erected to form an enclosed side chapel. Referred to as “the Goldfish Bowl”, it has served its purpose in conserving the heat for smaller congregations and PCC Meetings, when all the church need not be heated. In 1986, a platform and altar dais were installed in the nave together with a portable altar for use mainly at the 10am service.

1994 saw the addition of a new west door, opening out onto the car park. The new door incorporated a glass porch inside the church, the doors of which are engraved with the Coats of Arms of the Diocese and the South Eastern Railway, continuing the church’s association with the railway.
In more recent years the church has become host to a rather successful annual pantomime

As for finding the cache..... at the designated co-ordinates you'll see a phone number for the church The number is ABCDEF.
You'll find the cache at

N 51° (C)(A+B).(A-B)(E)(A-1) E 000° (A-1)(B)(B+B)(A+1)(F) )

I won't give a hint: it should be an easy find.

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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.

To view the church micro stats & information page, please click here

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