Church Micro #4634 - St Marys, Hampden Park
To find the cache...
At the given coordinates you will find a blue notice board. On it you will find two telephone numbers.
Exclude the area code and write down the number on the left as ABCDEF and the number on the right as GHJKLM
The cache can be found at N50 47.(A+C)(J+M)(F-C) E000 16.(K-C)(D+J)(D+E)
You are looking for a magnetised 60ml screw top container a short walk or drive away.
This was Hampden Park's first church, and built as a chapel of ease to Willingdon. (Church Micro 4633) It was originally built in 1908 and was originally of red brick and stone. Sadly it was bombed in October 1940, during WWII. Only the bell tower remained.
It was replaced by Edward Maufe's simplified perpendicular Gothic church, built between 1952 and 1954. It became one of the first post war buildings to receive listed status. Rev. Donald Carpenter, the first incumbent at the new church, served for 21 years and is commemorated by a clock on the south face of the tower. Many redecoration and improvements have been done over the last few years, including a new roof in 2007, thanks to a grant from English Heritage.
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