Sitting between the busy towns of Folkestone And Dover, is Alkham Valley. Alkham Valley as a place name is not found on maps, as it is derived by locals from the road that passes through the valley between the two towns. The area is mainly agricultural with the chalk downs that is typical along this stretch of Kent, and ancient woodlands.. The area is now recognised as an area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and along with ancient wooded areas, it also boasts Special Landscape Areas, Sites of Scientific Interest, Conservation Areas and 17 Grade II listed buildings.
St Anthonys Church sits in the Village of Alkham, and overlooks the village green, is Grade I listed and the surrounding church yard contains 15 Grade II listed headstones. The origins of the church are 12 Century and were linked to the occupants of nearby St Radigans Abbey. Inside the church is a coffin lid bearing one of the oldest inscriptions in Kent. The coffin belonged to Herbert de Averenches, a monk from St Radigans.
In order to find the cache location, you will need to answer the following points:
A= Number of Oval glass windows on the west side of the bell tower.
B= Number of slatted windows in the bell tower.
C= Number of blue points in the small circular star windows on the north side of the church, - answer to F
D= Number of petals on the flower window situated on the east side of the church, divided by the number of long windows below it.
E= Number of iron railing enclosed resting places, as you walk from the Lynch Gate to the church main entrance.
F= Number of stone columns on the west door.
N51 08.ABC E001 13.DEF
The cache location is outside of the church grounds, and there is parking nearby at the carpark of the village green, resulting in a short stroll.
Congratulations on FTF (for my previous cache here) for Jacs75 & Pre888or
If anybody would like to expand this series please do, I would just ask that you could let Sadexploration know first at churchmicro@gmail.com so he can keep track of the Church numbers and names to avoid duplication. There is also a Church Micro Stats & Information page found via the Bookmark list.