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Harroell Traditional Cache

This cache has been archived.

Alibags: As I am not in the area any more, it's hard for me to maintain this cache, so I am going to archive it, in view of all the DNFs. I have already asked my more local friend to check this out for me, but I don't think he has had the chance to do so yet. I will remind him. If the box is still there, I would be loathe to leave geolitter. Thanks to everyone who has visited over the years.

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Hidden : 7/24/2007
Difficulty:
1 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Geocache Description:


This is a quickie in the village of Long Crendon. The village has only been known as Long Crendon since the English Civil War. The "Long" prefix refers simply to the length of the village at that time, and was added to differentiate it from nearby Grendon Underwood. Previously it was simply known as Crendon. This name is Anglo Saxon and means Creoda's Hill (in 1086 it was listed in the Domesday Book as Crededone).

The village has a long and illustrious history. The manor was once a great building that housed the Earls of Buckingham and over the years the various manorial estates in the village have passed through the hands of the Crown, Oxford University, the Earls of March and the Marquis of Buckingham. It is the latter that is presently the lord of the manor of Long Crendon.

Long Crendon is often used as a location for the TV show Midsummer Murders. Location scouts just love Long Crendon's hidden High Street, a haven of picturesque cottages, pubs and church concealed from casual passers-by. This also makes it ideal for geocaching!

The devil makes work for idle hands. I set this cache when my usual partner in crime Giav was off sunning himself in France. We have often remarked on the nearby strange road name and I imagined it was anglo saxon or something. I have just discovered it is actually a derivation of 'air hill' which has been transmogrified by virtue of many tens of years of use and a Bucks accent! Old photos of Long Crendon show the old Golden Lion pub viewed from Airhill Lane which now does not exist.

You are looking for a cammoed up small locking tupperware container.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Jurer gur byq jnyy zrrgf gur arj bar. Ba gur gbc va n ubyr va gur vil

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)