Church Micro 3476 Shelford Traditional Geocache

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Antheia: As the owner has not responded to my previous log requesting that they check this cache I am archiving it.

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Hidden : 3/13/2013
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size: other (other)

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Geocache Description:

Part of the Church Micro Series administered by Sadexploration.

Please bring a pen/cil with you to sign the log.

This is a mag nano (sorry).

The church Micro series is intended to bring Geocachers to various churches all over the UK (and beyond).

Some of these churches provide the backdrop of our communities history. Please take some time to either read the cache page or visit the church.

Due to the nature of these locations you may encounter some local activity, and I have either tried to ensure that there is safe parking or that the cache is placed out of view wherever possible, so please don't expect a clear run at busy times.

St. Peter and St. Paul, Shelford


The fragment of a Saxon cross discovered in Victorian times suggests that Christian practices were established in Shelford by 750-800 AD.

The Domesday Survey of 1086 records both a church and a priest. The church was appropriated to Shelford Priory in the early fourteenth century but after the dissolution of the priory the living became a perpetual curacy under the patronage of the Stanhopes from 1537 (subsequently the Earls of Chesterfield), and the Earls of Carnarvon from 1871 until 1925.

Today the church consists of a nave with clerestory, north and south aisles, south porch, chancel and western tower. Much of the fabric has been dated to between the thirteenth and fifteenth centuries, but significant alterations and additions were made in the sixteenth and nineteenth centuries. There was some damage to the tower during the civil war siege of 1645 and during this period there are gaps in the parish registers (which otherwise survive from 1563).

The crypt was created or, more likely, renovated in 1677 and closed 200 years later. About 1877-8 the chancel was restored and a side chapel created to house Stanhope monuments. Despite repairs and minor changes from 1893 onwards, Shelford church remains much as it was in late Victorian times.

From the 1940s the parish was run mainly in conjunction with Radcliffe-on-Trent. In 1985 Shelford and Radcliffe were joined by Holme Pierrepont to form the Malkin Group of churches. According to the 2001 census St Peter and St Paul now serves a population of about 590 in Shelford and Newton.

A full history of the church and Parish can be found here

This cache can also be incorporated with 'Who Pays The Ferryman?'



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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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Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Znt Anab fgerrg fvta

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)


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