Church of St. Michael and All Angels, Urchfont
The name of Urchfont is often thought to derive from the phrase "Church Fountain" and is possibly derived from Latin fons meaning 'spring, fountain, well' (cf.fount), or the first element may be a lost personal name such as Eohric. Over 100 variations of the spelling are recorded; e.g. Lerchesfonte (1086), Erchesfonte(e) (1175, 1605), Erkesfonte (1175), Archesfunte (font)(1179, 1376, 1426), Ur(i)chesfunte (1242, 1289), Orchesfunte (1259), Orcheffunte (1428), Archfounte al. Urshent (1564), Urchefount al. Urshent (1611), Urshent al. Erchfont (1695).
The History
The 13th-century Anglican Church of St Michael and All Angels is Grade I listed and the one of the earliest parts of this Anglican church is the chancel arch, originally built in c.1230.
The Cache:
A simple short multi that should not take longer than 5 mins to complete. You are looking for a nano sized cache.
The majority of the multi is on flat terrain however some of the ground can be quite uneven and over grass, so I think pushchairs and wheelchairs may struggle.
Stage 1- At these co-ordinates you will find a sculpture placed in 2011. Let the number of letters in the first word of its name be A.
Stage 2- The Cache is located at: N51 18.83(A+1) W001 5A.579
Happy Caching!
Well done to wrinty on being FTF
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