GC5R76T Church Micro 7674...Acklington (Traditional Cache) in North East England, United Kingdom created by The Hill's, Like-the-hoover

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GC5R76T ▼

A cache by The Hill's, Like-the-hoover Message this owner

Hidden : 4/11/2015

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Size: Size: small (small)

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Geocache Description:

A to Z of Mr Hills 50 years

See A is for Atom 1 of 50 for full series description, (visit link)
If you spot any codes written on top of the logs please jot them down as they could help later on.

The Parish Church of
St John The Divine
Acklington
but it is often referred to locally as St John's Church.

BRIEF HISTORY
The church was erected in 1861 and is one of the largest buildings in the parish. The stones of which the church is built were tooled and dressed within the walls of Alnwick Castle. All the woodwork was also prepared there. For this is one of the churches built by Algernon, fourth Duke of Northumberland, in the last few years of his life. When the stones were ready, and the woodwork was fashioned, masons and joiners were sent from the castle works to Acklington to set them in their appointed places. The Duke & Duchess were present at the consecration which was performed by the Lord Bishop of Durham.

Both the church and the old vicarage were built from the designs of Mr. James Deason. The church is in the early English style and is a fine Victorian Gothic building with a plain exterior and an unexpectedly pleasing interior. Some good modern woodwork includes an altar and reredos and communion rails, given as memorials to various members of the Milburn family of Guyzance.

The oak Lych Gate itself is very attractive and interesting. It was opened in 1921 as a war memorial dedicated in honour of those from this district who took part in the Great War 1914 - 1918. There was quite a ceremony which was attended by His Grace the Duke of Northumberland. The Lych Gate was renovated on the occasion of the coronation of Queen.

For full information on how you can expand the Church Micro series by sadexploration (visit link) please read the "Place your own Church Micro" page (visit link) before you contact him at churchmicro@gmail.com.

See also the Church Micro Statistics page (visit link) and Home page (visit link) for further information about the series.

The cache is close by to the church but beware of muggles

C is for Church Micro 7674...Acklington 3 of 50

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

uvtu naq qel

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)