Church Micro 4840...Bodmin - St Lawrence Multi-cache

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ynysva: Archiving this one as Cormac has changed the lighting unit where the bison was on and it is unsuitable to replace or relocate the cache container

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Hidden : 3/21/2014
Difficulty:
3.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size: other (other)

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Bodmin Church Micro 4870...St Lawrence

This cache has been placed as one of the Church Micro series.For full information on how you can expand the Church Micro series by sadexploration, please contact him at churchmicro@gmail.com. so he can keep track of the Church Micro numbers and names to avoid duplication.http://www.15ddv.me.uk/geo/cm/index.html.
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St Lawrence's Church		 The history of St Lawrence’s Church is inextricably bound with the history of St Lawrence’s Hospital (the ‘County Lunatic Asylum’), built to care for the mentally ill, and which received its first patients on 25 August 1820. For the first forty years of its life, the hospital had no separate church or dedicated chaplain. In 1856, the Lunacy Commissioners decided that this arrangement was unsatisfactory, for religion was considered to be ‘a very essential feature of the treatment of the insane’. An appeal was launched through the Cornish papers and wealthy benefactors were encouraged to donate. In May 1859, tenders were invited to construct the church. The land, north east of the hospital, was acquired for £475 and the stone used to build the church was brought from the hospital’s own quarry nearby. The building, in Early English style, was completed in early 1861. In March the Visiting Committee (the magistrates and subscribers who managed the project) agreed to appoint a full-time Church of England chaplain at a salary of £150 per annum. In addition to holding two Sunday services (‘with short sermons’), there would be services on other specified Holy Days and the chaplain would read prayers every morning, except Sunday, to ‘officers, servants and such patients as were deemed fit’¹. Shortly after it was built, the church was found to be inadequate – the maximum number it could accommodate was 140 and both services were always full. In 1867 it was decided to extend the building by constructing a south aisle, at a cost of around £300, plus £70 for a new organ. These years represent the high point of the church’s activity. By 1892, the Commissioners reported, regretfully, that ‘last Sunday only 228’ attended, out of a possible 387’ and thereafter numbers slowly declined. The church continued to be used until the hospital was taken over by the National Health Service. The Visiting Committee met for the last time on 28 June 1948, after 128 years of service. St Lawrence’s (named after the patron saint of the poor, sick and neglected) is now owned by Bodmin Town Council and run by a trust as a community church. The building may not be of any particular architectural distinction, but it is light, bright and welcoming and its close association with the former hospital makes it a rare survivor.
Cache Information This particular cache is a simple Black Bison, and forms part of the established Church Micro Series. To locate this cache, you need to find out the following information from the memorial (Cremation gravestone) for Lionel STEAR, who is the grandfather of the CO. N50 28.ABC and W 004 44.DEF. A=Last digit from year of death, B=The date in the month he died - 2, C=The first number of the age he died divided by 2, D=The second number of the age upon death, E= Add the first and last numbers of the year of his death, F=The number of letters in his middle name divided by 2. Please note that special equipment may be required, hence the 3.5 difficulty rating at GZ. It may be a good idea to bring a HV vest, and something to stand on if you are vertically challenged.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Urnira'f nobir !

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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