St Katherines...Merstham
The second in this series is at the ‘St Katherines’ church in Mesrtham
The small wooden church built on a knoll of Merstham firestone by the Mearsoeti remained there until after the Norman invasion when a new Norman church was built. It is believed to have been completed around 1100, after the first Crusade. The donor of most of the money, no doubt a Crusader himself, seems to have insisted upon its dedication to St. Katharine of Alexandria.
The Sussex marble font, dating from c1150, piscina and a few stones are all that remain of the old church. This church lasted less than 150 years and by about 1220 was replaced by a new Early English Church. The church, which still stands today on that same knoll just to the north of the village, is made almost entirely of the greyish-green Merstham stone
A simple off set cache, the coordinates will take you a rather recent gravestone for Val Williams a former vicar to this parish
12.11.ABCD 3.11.20EF
The Cache is at
N51 16. (E-F) (C-A) B W00 09. A (C+F) C
This magnetic micro has a log book only but no pen so please bring one with you
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