Parish Church of St Andrew
The church is at the heart of a large country parish comprising of three villages: North Weald, Hastingwood and Thornwood.
The present church building was constructed in about 1330 AD, but is believed to be the site on an earlier building.
The main walls of this 14th Century church are of flint rubble with some Roman brick. The tower is early 16th Century and is constructed of Tudor brick. It has a peel of six bells.
The Lady Chapel is the most ancient part of the church. The faces of a king and queen carved into the window stop that completes the stone label above the Lady Chapel window. These we defaced, probably during the Cromwellian period, and have had to be replaced.
The remains of the original 14th Century glass from the East window of the Lay chapel are now preserved in the in the central nave window.
The Co-ordinates
The cache is not at the published co-ordinates, you will need to find the answers to the following questions to solve the co-ordinates and find the cache.
- The Lych Gate was erected in the coronation year of which King George? A
- In which year was the Lych Gate restored? BCDE
N 51° (A-B)(A-B-B).A(D-D)(E-A)' E 0° C.E(C-C)(E-B)'
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