Church Micro 4118...Shireoaks Multi-cache

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Hidden : 7/22/2013
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size: other (other)

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Geocache Description:

St Luke,
Shireoaks

The Duke of Newcastle, a very religious man, decided to build a church for his workforce. Following a gale in 1860, which blew down many trees in Clumber Park, the Dukes home, the Duke had £4000 to finance the building. The foundation stone was laid on 18th October 1861 (St Luke's Day) by the Prince of Wales (later Edward VII). The Prince used an ornate trowel made with silver blade and a coal handle from Shireoaks Pit. The church was dedicated on 18th October 1863 with many local gentry attending. On the 1st anniversary of this event the Duke was too ill to attend service but his agent returned to inform him of the day's events. Less than 1 hour later Duke died. As a consequence of this many of the Dukes the friends and family put memorials to his memory into the church. (Painted windows, Reredos, chancel gates etc) One window was donated by the Prince of Wales and another by William Ewart Gladstone, at that time Chancellor of the exchequer and trustee of the late Dukes estate and also a friend of the Duke from their school days together. The memorials were dedicated on 18th October 1865 when Gladstone came to visit the church. From the beginning the church was beset with structural problems, which in 1975 led to the spire being removed. The church has recently received a Heritage Lottery Grant to help with the restoration of this beautiful building.

To find the cache, you need to visit the above coordinates and take the two digit number from the nearest post. This is AB. (A check that you have the right numbers is that B is A+1)

The cache is located at N 53 19.(A-1)(A+B)(B+1) W 001 10.(A-1)(A)(A)

Good luck!

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Additional Hints (Decrypt)

oruvaq evtug unaq tngr cbfg

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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