Nannerch Village Vexation. (Moved) Traditional Cache

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Hidden : 6/9/2007
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size: other (other)

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Geocache Description:

Welcome to Nannerch,
another VV in another nice sleepy village centre.

No pen/pencil in this cache please take one .

Nannerch is a quiet and attractive ancient village, sitting on a bedrock of carboniferous limestone, overlain by glacial boulder clay with glacial hollows. The limestone has been used for the local buildings, which blend naturally into their surroundings amongst the many mature trees. The church was rebuilt in 1853, following a fire. The Cross Foxes Inn is 18th century.
Nannerch has no shops. Population is about 250. Joint winner with Ysceifiog of Flintshire County Councils's Best Kept Village competition in 2007 for villages up to 1,000 population. Its peaceful nature is helped by the main A541 Mold - Denbigh road effectively bypassing the village. The background of the beautiful Clwydian Hills is delightful.

Apparently the name Nannerch has been seen on a tax list dated as early as 1291. It may have been derived from 'nant' - a stream, and 'erch' - speckled or dusty.

In the hills nearby are the ruins of Iron Age hill forts at Pen-y-Cloddiau and Moel Arthur. More information on hill forts can be found on the 'Old Cilcain' web page. The Penbedw standing stones are described below.

Railway

The Mold to Denbigh Junction railway, which opened to traffic in 1869, passed through Nannerch. The old Nannerch station is situated just at the point where the road into Nannerch forks left to leave the A541 from Mold. In addition to passengers boarding trains at the local station, there were cattle and sheep heading for market, and local milk making its way to the cities. It was usual for newspapers to arrive in Nannerch by rail. Sadly, the railway closed in 1962, falling victim to the notorious 'Beeching Axe'.
Nannerch (visit link)

Nearby cache -
Chadwich is a Clever Cat GC151XB.

Inspired by Motorway Mayhems and A-Road Anarchys, taking you off the beaten track via B-roads into "Vexatious Villages". This follows a similar vein so will be fairly easy for those who have found some of the aforementioned series and a challenge if you haven't.
A leg stretch on the edge of a village.

Congratulations to PhilPamAndRob who were 1st to find this Geocache on the 6/4/07 in the orginal hiding place.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Lbh zvtug arrq n ohax hc sbe guvf bar

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)


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