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Church Micro 7346...Southstoke - St James Multi-cache

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TheOldfields: Popped by today and it does look to have gone. Time for this one to be archived.

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Hidden : 3/8/2015
Difficulty:
3 out of 5
Terrain:
2 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

A micro not far from the start coordinates.


Wikipedia says:

The Church of St James is an Anglican parish church in Southstoke, Somerset, England. It was built in the 12th century and has been designated as a Grade II* listed building.

Dedicated to James, son of Zebedee, known in England as St James the Great, the original 12th century building was altered in the 15th century. Further restoration was undertaken in the 1840s and 1850s when the chancel and south aisle were rebuilt. However, the north door is Norman.

Pevsner says of it:

Low Perp. w. tower. Nave with Norman n. doorway. One order of columns, both patterned with a lozenge design, but the r. one in addition with two alternating smaller motifs in the lozenges. Lintel with low-pitched top, chip-carved. Tympanum with a trellis pattern of roll-mouldings. Arch with rosettes, three-dimensional zigzag and a kind of flat plait. S. aisle and chancel 1845 and c. 1850. Pulpit – stone, polygonal, probably Perp.

Pevsner also noted in the 1950s that the church plate included an Elizabethan chalice and a paten by Thomas Parr marked for the year 1700.

The parish is part of the benefice of Combe Down with Monkton Combe and South Stoke within the archdeaconry of Bath.

To find the cache:

Go to the entrance of the church.  Above it is a carving that features two letters.  Next, find Robert Williams the gardener with his name followed by those same two letters.  Call the year that he was born ABCD.

The cache can be found at

N51 20.C(B-A)C W2 22.(C-B-A)(D-A)C

 

Congratulations to Pussypot for being the first to find!

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Vg'f n gerr! L qb lbh nfx?

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)