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Church Micro 12509...Hatton - Holy Trinity Multi-cache

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Hidden : 3/12/2019
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Most of the church was rebuilt in 1888 for local millionaire Alfred Hewlett - a mining engineer and coal mine owner who lived at nearby Haseley Manor. The architect was William Younger, one of the first Victorian architects to publish a book on the Gothic style. He also designed some well known buildings such as the war office in London and Glasgow town hall. However records also show that there has been a church on the site since the 12th century when Hugh FitzRichard , called Hugh de Hatton, gave it to the priory of St. Mary of Monmouth, a cell of the Benedicitne monastery of Saint-Florent, Saumur in Western France.

The oldest part of the present building is the tower built in the 15th century which carries a peal of six bells. It is said that Dr Samuel Parr, vicar of Hatton and a distinguished scholar and educationalist, had the holes in the tower cut so he could hear the bells calling him and others to church more easily. Dr Parr was also responsible for the purchase of the 16th century glass in the west window, originally from the cloister windows of one or more monasteries in or around Cologne, Germany. Amongst other interesting features is a headstone in the churchyard designed for Annie Elizabeth Maynard by the famous sculptor Eric Gill.

Answer the following questions to get the final co-ordinates:-

The date carved into the lych gate is January AB 1908

Look for a bench in the churchyard engraved with a rose and dedicated to a married couple. Number of  letters in the woman's first name = C Number of letters in the man's first name = D

Look at the war memorial. How many families lost more than one man = E  How many Bromage brothers are commemorated = F

The final location is at N 52 18 (D-C) (F) (B-E) W 001 39 (D-C-A) (B-C) (B-F)

 

 

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