Church Micro 5664...Gomersal - St Mary Multi-cache

Gomersal has had quite a number of places of worship, given the relatively small size of its population, over the years, with seven different locations in the village being used in living memory. This cache celebrates one of them: The Church Of St. Mary The Blessed Virgin, known locally as St. Mary's.

St Mary's Church was built in 1851 by John Dobson of Leeds at a cost of £3000. It has a neo-Gothic Tower and steeply roofed nave. In 1865 it was enlarged at a cost of £1000 and enlarged again in 1882 for a further £1000. Built of decorated stone, it consists of a chancel, nave, aisles and an embattled western tower containing a dock and one bell.

It was completely refurbished internally in 2003 and as a consequence is "a superb warm modern building for the exceptionally good and meaningful worship which takes place on Sundays and midweek."

Gomersal was the home of Charlotte Bronte's great friend Mary Taylor. Mary inspired the character Rose Yorke in Charlotte’s novel Shirley which featured the famous attack by the Luddites on Rawfold's Mill in the neighbouring village of Liversedge in 1812. Mary is buried in St Mary’s Churchyard. 

The cache

Please be respectful of your surroundings at all times.

1. At the starting coordinates, (N53 43.768 W001 41.318) find the telephone number for the church. A = 01274 876 0A9
2. Find the grave of Seaman Hainsworth (N53 43.760 W001 41.287) who lost his life in the North Sea, December 21st 1916. B = number of letters in his first name.
3. Visit the ashes memorial garden (N53 43.772 W001 41.262). C = the date Alice Bumfrey was born on.
4. Locate the grave of Aircraftman C.E. Trapps (N53 43.769 W001 41.285). D = Dth March 1943.
5. Find the tomb of Samuel and Nancy Taylor (N53 43.740 W001 41.310). E = the decade in which they died: _ _ E _.
6. Finally, find the grave of the above mentioned Mary Taylor of High Royd, Gomersal (N53 43.753 W001 41.360). F = the year in which she was born: _ _ _ F.

The final cache can be found at N53 43.FEB W001 41.ADC.

The final location is NOT within the church grounds, but is close by.

The cache contains a log only. Please bring your own pen(cil). There is no room for swaps or trackables. Replace the cache exactly as you find it and be careful not to be spotted. This can be quite a busy area.

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