Circa ---- Upton Multi-Cache

Circa ---- Upton

The co-ordinates at the top of the page are for the location of the first stage of this cache and not the cache site. You can, however, do the stages in any order to suit yourself. Enjoy your walk around Upton! Dating a building by inscription is a long tradition, although not many of the actual architects get to have their names adorning the structure. The trouble with inscriptions, useful though they are, is that you cannot be sure that they are right (many have been added by later owners) or that they date more than a particular feature or phase of development. The datestone has to be treated with the same critical eye as the rest of the building. This cache is designed to let you stroll around Upton and hopefully find some dated buildings along the way. Upton, in former times a country village, first recorded in the Domesday Book, but with rapid expansion since Victorian times is now part of the City of Chester suburbia with 8000 inhabitants. Upton, however, keeps its own identity and community and covers a wider area than 'strictly Upton Parish boundary' taking in parts of Newton and villages to the north. The final cache is a magnetic nano container. To find the co-ordinates of this final location you will need to note down some dates and substitute them into the formula below. Make sure however, that you are at the correct location, have the correct date and enter the information with care.

Please note all the dates can be seen from the pavement.

The final cache can be found at: -

N 53° AB.CDE

W 002° FG.HJK

· The digit represented by the letter A can be found at N 53° 13.147 W 002° 52.926 1st digit of that year.

A = _______

· The digit represented by the letter B can be found at N 53° 13.046 W 002° 53.003 Take the 4th digit from the 3rd digit of that year.

B = _______

· The digit represented by the letter C can be found at N 53° 13.259 W 002° 52.967 4th digit of that year.

C= _______

· The digit represented by the letter D can be found at N 53° 13.202 W 002° 52.799 Add 1st digit to 4th digit of that year.

D = ______

· The digit represented by the letter E can be found at N 53° 13.143 W 002° 52.938 4th digit of that year.

E = ______

· The digit represented by the letter F can be found at N 53° 13.099 W 002° 53.379 4th digit of that year.

F = ______

· The digit represented by the letter G can be found at N 53° 13.046 W 002° 53.003 Take the 4th digit from the 2nd digit of that year.

G = ______

· The digit represented by the letter H can be found at N 53° 13.099 W 002° 53.379 Take the 3rd digit from the 2nd digit of that year.

H = ______

· The digit represented by the letter J can be found at N 53° 13.163 W 002° 52.927 4th digit of that year.

J = ______

· The digit represented by the letter K can be found at N 53° 13.046 W 002° 53.003 Add 1st digit to 4th digit of that year.

K = ______

If you have not already done so, why not try some other Circa ---- caches.

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