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Church Micro 9631...Horsenden Mystery Cache

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Simply Paul: I'm nostalgic for May 2016, when this cache was set. However, that's not enough of a reason to keep it going when the area could be better used by someone else so it's time to go. Thanks for finding it folks. Picked up today while I was doing Team Hippo's nearby fun Letterbox/Hybrid. Sorry to those who DNF'd it, or left it too late...

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Hidden : 5/22/2016
Difficulty:
2.5 out of 5
Terrain:
2 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

A simple puzzle requiring you to visit the given co-ords and count cherubs above downpipes as well as doing some light web research. The cache is NOT at the given co-ords, but is in the area with obvious public access. Happy Hunting! 


The cache is hidden at N51° 43.ABC W000° 51.DEF

Online Research:

"During Jamiroquai's worldwide Dynamite Tour between May 8th 2005 and August 19th 2006, there were 10A performances."

In 1996, the single 'Virtual Insanity' peaked at which chart position in Finland? Answer B.

"Kay won the Top Gear 'John Sergeant Award' for the best dance in 2008, after his 'Star in a Reasonably Priced Car' winning time of 1:4C.8 was read out by Jeremy Clarkson on the show."

D - See below.

"Jason Luís Cheetham, better known as Jamiroquai frontman Jay Kay, was born on December 30th 196E"

Jamiroquai's 1993 album 'Emergency on Planet Earth' achieved what chart position in the UK? Answer F.

At the given co-ords: How many cherub/angel figures can you see above head height on this side of the church? Answer = D. From this location you can also see Horsenden Manor, The House that Funk Paid For - Jay Kay's country mansion. You may see him in the area in a nice car. Please don't wave like a girl.

The church: St Michael and All Angels, Horsenden. A lovely little church but there are houses close by, so if visiting late/early in the day, please be quiet.

From Bledlowparish.org.uk:

St Michael & All Angels, Horsenden, stands adjacent to the grounds of Horsenden Manor. There has been a church on this site since at least 1210, although the present church is part of a larger 15th century building.

There were a few subsequent alterations: in 1765, the nave and the west tower were demolished and the present tower built (it contains a bell dated 1582); and in the late 19th century, the chancel was extended 8ft to the east.

Inside, a 16th c screen separates the chancel from the nave, with 14thc patterned tiles, almost certainly made near Penn, on the floor. Either side of the altar there are remarkable Victorian tiles depicting an eagle with the head of a calf and vice versa. The stained glass in the south windows regarded as some of the best of its period (1900), is by Westlake.

Horsenden occupies an important footnote in history: Edward Stone, Rector from 1737 (and related by marriage to the Grubbe family, see the History page), discovered that chewing willow bark helped his rheumatism, and reported this to the Royal Society in 1763. The active ingredient was later shown to be salicylic acid or aspirin. Stone, a keen amateur scientist, also wrote scholarly papers on astronomical parallaxes. He later served in various parishes around Chipping Norton, but was, at his own request, buried in Horsenden. 

The key–holders are listed on the church notice board.

From Wikipedia: 

Horsenden is a hamlet in Wycombe districtBuckinghamshire, England and is in the civil parish of Longwick-cum-Ilmer. It is one mile from Princes Risborough and seven miles south of Aylesbury and three miles east of Chinnor in Oxfordshire. The Icknield Way passes just to the north of the village from east to west and the road from High Wycombe passes through the village to meet with this ancient routeway.

The name Horsenden is from the Anglo Saxon Horsan-dun and means 'Horsa's hill or valley'. Horsa was one of the first Anglo Saxon settlers of Britain, who settled in Kent in the Fifth century. The association of the area to Horsa is unknown.

After the Norman Conquest the land was in the possession of the Count of Mortain. After 1215 it was passed to Robert de Braybrook. Sir John Donne acquired the estates in 1480. Horsenden Manor was garrisoned during the English Civil War for Charles I by the Royalist Sir John Denham who managed to maintain possession after the Restoration. During the 18th and 19th century there were a number of owners.

 


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Additional Hints (Decrypt)

[Be careful!] Ybj qbja, ghpxrq va.

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)