Church Micro 3538...St Woolos Cathedral Multi-cache
Church Micro 3538...St Woolos Cathedral
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A short simple multi-cache based around St Woolos Cathedral, with a connection to some of the history of the town. The churchyard and the information which you need to find are wheelchair-accessible, but there is no way to reach the final location without encountering one or more steps.
HISTORY OF THE CATHEDRAL.
The name "Woolos" is a corruption of Gwynllyw, the 5th-century Welsh saint who first founded a religious establishment on the site.
The present building has sections that date from Anglo-Saxon times. In the 9th century the wooden church formerly on the site was rebuilt in stone. This indicates the importance of the cult of Saint Gwynllyw and the wealth of his shrine as stone buildings were unusual in Wales at this point. Part of this building is now incorporated into St Woolos cathedral as the Galilee chapel now at the west end of the Cathedral.
Circa 1050 the church was attacked by pirates and left in ruins.
Circa 1080 the Normans built a new nave to the east of the Saxon ruins, and a lean-to south aisle, building a new entrance archway through the Saxon wall. Circa 1200 the Saxon church was repaired so the Norman entrance became an internal archway.
It was badly damaged in 1402 when Newport was attacked by the forces of Owain Glyndŵr and underwent a major rebuilding including the addition of the tower. It also seems to have been damaged in the English Civil War period when a statue above the main entrance representing a benefactor of the church seems to have lost its head. It is either Jasper Tudor, the Earl of Pembroke, or Humphrey Stafford, 1st Duke of Buckingham as both helped rebuild it after Glyndwr's attack.
It has been partially rebuilt or extended in every period up to the 1960s. It is currently undergoing much-needed repairs and an appeal fund has started in order to raise the £1.5m urgently needed to rescue and repair this historic building. Repairs to the roof started in February 2011 by Newport based contractor Instaat Projects Ltd, although further fundraising is necessary and other restoration is required to prevent serious dilapidation. In 1929 St Woolos became the pro-cathedral of the new Diocese of Monmouth, attaining full cathedral status in 1949. With the enthronement of Rowan Williams as Archbishop of Wales in February 2000, the cathedral became the Metropolitan Cathedral for Wales for the third time in its life. The cathedral continues to serve Wales, the diocese and the City of Newport; it also serves a large parish.
It is also a place of pilgrimage for political and industrial historians - a plaque in the church yard commemorates the bloody suppression of the Chartist rebellion which took place in Newport.
The Dean of Monmouth between March 1997 and May 2011 was the Very Reverend Dr. Richard Fenwick. In May 2011 Dr. Fenwick was consecrated as the Bishop of St. Helena within the Anglican Church of South Africa. The Diocese covers the islands of Saint Helena and Ascension in the Atlantic Ocean.
The Reverend Canon Jeremy Winston was installed as Dean of Monmouth on 10th September 2011 but died from a brain tumour on 22nd November. On 13th January 2012 it was announced that his successor was to be the Reverend Lister Tonge. He was installed on 31 March 2012. (Source: Wikipedia.)
The co-ordinates will take you to the lych-gate at the western approach to the cathedral. From here there are two ways in which you can get the information required for the final cache and it is recommended that you use Method 1 unless the lych-gate is locked in which case you should use the more complicated Method 2.
WHEN REPLACING THE CACHE, PLEASE ENSURE THAT IT CANNOT BE SEEN BY ANYONE WALKING PAST. THANKS.
Method 1
Go to Waypoint 1 (N 51 34.981 W002 59.976) where you will find a plaque commemorating an event which took place in Newport during the nineteenth century. Find the year in which the event took place = ABCD, the day of the month in which it took place = E, and the number of protesters buried in this churchyard = FG. The cache, which is not on church property can be found at N51 34.(B+F)(C+E+G)(D/C) W002 59.(A+B)(C+E+F)G
Method 2
On rare occasions the gates to the churchyard are locked so the information above is inaccessible. If that is the case (or if you just have a liking for more complex mathematics) please go to Waypoint 2 which is just outside the church at N51 34.973 W003 00.002
From here please find the year in which the object was erected = STUV, and the year in which it was moved here = WXYZ. The cache, which is not on church property can be found at N51 34.(T²/[V+Z])(V²-[S+U])([YxZ]/[T+X]) W002 59.(V³/[S+U+W])([Y²-W]/[S²+V²])(√[T+U+Z]-[Z²/V²])
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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.
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