Houses of the Holy Traditional Cache
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A quick and easy micro in a historic area of the city. Logs claiming the find without signing the logsheet in the cache may be deleted. You have been warned!
DON'T APPROACH THIS CACHE FROM THE ROAD. WALK ACROSS THE GRASSED AREA!
This was the first in a series of Led Zeppelin-themed caches which once formed part of a multi. Beware poor GPS signals due to the large edifice nearby! Also beware of multiple muggles, many with cameras and some picnicking nearby. You may have to take your time before making your move! Parking can be tight but you should be able to park in the Cathedral Close for long enough to grab this one.
While you're here take the time to look around the place and at other Holy Houses nearby: As well as the Minster, there is the medieval Bishop's Palace, the site of the now demolished church of St Margaret (just to the south from the cache site, the Precentory, the Deanery, the Sub-Deanery and the home of William Byrd, C18th musician and former Cathedral Organist. There are also a few other caches in striking distance. Enjoy!
The Queen Eleanor Pilgrimage
Following the death of his beloved wife, Queen Eleanor, on November 28th 1290 at Harby, near Lincoln, King Edward I accompanied her funeral procession on its journey to London, where she was to be buried in Westminster Abbey. At each place that the procession stopped overnight, the King ordered a cross to be erected in her name. These crosses are now known as the ‘Eleanor Crosses’, although very few of the twelve originals now remain intact. The twelve sites are: Lincoln, Grantham, Stamford, Geddington, Northampton, Stony Stratford, Woburn, Dunstable, St Albans, Waltham Cross, Cheapside and Charing Cross.
This cache is currently the closest cache to the tomb where her viscera (internal organs) were interred following her embalment. You can see this tomb in the Cathedral at the east end. Because of this, the cache also forms part of the ‘Queen Eleanor Pilgrimage’, along with Blackfriars,in London, where her heart was placed, and Harby and Westminster, the start and end of her final journey.
A bookmark list of all the caches currently in the series can be found by following the link to the right of this page. A badge has been produced for each of these caches for you to collect and place on your profile as you visit them. The first four cachers to visit each of these caches will receive a commemorative ‘tag’ and a final badge for their profile. Contact me if you think that you qualify. The badge for this cache can be found in the gallery.
Additional Hints
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Va n tnc, arne gur obggbz bs gur ybj jnyy (Tenff fvqr, abg ebnq fvqr!)
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