Church Micro 2855...Trumpington
Trumpington is mentioned in the Domesday book of 1086 and while the church itself is not mentioned, a substantial estate in Trumpington then belonged to the Abbey of Ely. By the C13 Trumpington was a wealthy rectory often held by absentee rectors including the royal minister Peter des Rivaux, d. 1258, Alan of Rokeland, an official to the bishop of Ely and also by Nicholas of Hegham during the period in the 1280s when he was dean of Lincoln. Their patronage may explain the richness of the late C13 work in the chancel. The Trumpington family commemorated by the C14 tomb in the N chapel was one of several families who held substantial manors in the parish and it is likely that they were significant patrons of the contemporary rebuilding of the church. The chancel glass was apparently destroyed during the reign of Edward IV and further destruction was ordered by William Dowsing in 1643 although the churchwardens refused to level the chancel steps at that time. Some work was carried out in the C18 including re-pewing and re-flooring but little of this now remains. There was some work in the early C19 including repair of the roofs and the church was extensively repaired and refurnished in the mid to late C19 by the well known church architect William Butterfield. There were two phases of work by him, the first c.1849-54 included the restoration of the chancel and stripping off plaster exposing external clunch ashlar facing in poor condition. This was replaced in Bath stone in 1876. There was further work in the early C20 including rebuilding the vestry.
This is a traditional cache and IS at the published coordinates.
The cache is a 30ml tube.