Church Micro 3594…Whitstable Multi-cache
devoke: Came to check this cache today and found that GZ was unreachable due to cut trees & bushes piled up around it. After 10 years it's time to go.
Church Micro 3594…Whitstable
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ALL SAINTS CHURCH WHITSTABLE.
A one location multi, the published coordinates will lead you to a seat in the churchyard from where you can solve the final location.
This is on the “Crab & Winkle Way”, a cycle/footpath running along the general route of the railway line which ran from Canterbury to Whitstable from 1830 until its closure in 1952.
For at least eight hundred years a church has stood on this site.
The original building consisted of chancel and nave.
In the early 13th century it was rebuilt and the tower added. In the 15th century the north aisle and north east porch were erected.
In 1873 extensive building work was carried out as the fabric of the church was thought to be unsafe and during this period the chancel was enlarged and a new vestry added.
In 1962 the west porch and south aisle were added.
Following the decision of a Consistory Court in 1983 the pews in the nave and north aisle were removed and replaced by chairs, and a central altar was added. The central Altar can be removed to permit community activities when required.
The oldest remaining portions of the church are the Norman tower, the Norman font with its Tudor cover and the 15th century arcade between the nave and the north aisle.
The Churchyard is over six acres in extent and enlarged several times, the churchyard is the second largest in the Diocese.
The large mausoleum standing well back from the south west corner of the church is the Wynn Ellis monument. Wynn Ellis was a wealthy M.P. and formerly Lord of the Manor. It dates from 1875.
At the extreme south east corner of the churchyard is the Garden of Remembrance formed in the 1950’s for the interment of ashes.
The track alongside the southern boundary is the site of the former Whitstable to Canterbury railway, the first paying passenger line in the world. The line was finally closed in 1953.
The published coordinates take you to a seat where you can answer this question:-
On what date was Michael born?
AB.C.DEFG
N51 21.A+C E-D F+G
E001 02. F B G
Please do not attempt to go thought the bushes to reach the cache, it is best reached by using the paths.
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Additional Hints
(Decrypt)
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