Bucks Series A-Z....T (Mark 2) Traditional Geocache
Smithbats: We are gradually archiving the series to let others use the space
Bucks Series A-Z....T (Mark 2)
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Our A-Z Series T has been muggled a couple of times now so we have moved it.
After seeing many other Alphabetical series, we decided to do our own for our corner of the county of Buckinghamshire.
The caches all vary, some are bigger than others, but none are micros and all have room for swaps.
T is now in between the villages of Thornborough and Thornton.
Thornborough is a village and also a civil parish within Aylesbury Vale. It is located about two miles east of Buckingham.
The village name, meaning "hill where thorn trees grow", is Anglo Saxon in origin. It was recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086 as Torneberge.
The village also has the earthworks of a roman village on its western border, in between Thornborough Bridge and the main village. There is a manor house with associated tithe barns in the centre of the village next to the pond. The village church is one of very few in Britain to have steel bells.
To the north of the village is the remains of an old windmill and on the River Ouse are the buildings of what used to be a working watermill. The disused Buckingham Arm of the Grand Union Canal runs between Buckingham and Western Milton Keynes to the north of Thornborough.
Thornton is a village and civil parish on the River Great Ouse about 3.5 miles (5.6 km) north-east of Buckingham in the Aylesbury Vale district of Buckinghamshire.
The toponym is derived from the Old English for "thorn tree by a farm". The Domesday Book of 1086 records the village as Torentone. The earlest record of the Church of England parish church of Saint Michael and All Angels dates from 1219. The present building is 14th century, but was drastically restored between 1770 and 1800 and largely rebuilt by the Gothic Revival architect John Tarring in 1850. The restorers retained a number of mediaeval features, including the 14th century belltower, chancel arch and clerestory and 15th century clerestory windows. The Tudor Revival Thornton House was also built to John Tarring's designs in 1850. It incorporates parts of a mediaeval house that was modernised in the 18th century.
The cache is a medium clip lock box filled with our usual little bits and bobs. Please leave the 't' in the box...thank you.
Additional Hints
(Decrypt)
Ol srapr cbfg.