The
Parish Church of St Mary and St Nicholas
St Mary’s church was built in the 1850’s close to the
site of a much earlier church which had become to small for the
needs of the congregation. Stones from the old church helped to
construct the new and stonework remnants are preserved in the
churchyard in the form of a grotto built in memory of the Reverend
Ferdinand Faithful the rector at the time of the rebuilding. The
church is a typical Victorian church with nice stained glass in the
windows that is of various ages. The wood panelling is said to have
come from Newgate Prison in London as a gift from the Cunliffe
family of Headley Court. The choir screen is in memory of Theodore
Evelyn Reece Phillips the rector of Headley until 1941 who was a
very famous amateur astronomer and President of The Royal
Astronomical Society. Headley's bells are not rung by a team of
bell ringers but can be rung by one person from the choir vestry
using a rope pull and hammer system. Modern lighting and sound
systems are in place to cater for the entire congregation during
services. The Church is positioned high on the North Downs and the
spire is visible from much of London, along with Ranmore Church on
the other side of the Mole Gap the churches are known as the North
Downs Twin Spires.
Number 37 in the series is Headley which is rather strange as
when I decided to do these church micros Headley was the very first
church I checked out. The original micro I placed as a marker is
still there and you will walk past it so if you’re feeling
clever you may just find it as well but it won’t count!
There is a date outside the south side door by a lamp this is
ABCD
The magnetic micro can be found at.
N 51.16. (B) (C-5) (D+A-4) W 00.16. (D+A) (B-A) (D-A)
Please make sure the cache is very carefully returned from where
it was found.
The cache has a log book only plus micro certificates and hand
made micro churches for the first few finders but no pen so please
bring one with you
If any body would
like to expand to this series please do, I would just ask that you
could let me know first so I can keep track of the Church numbers
and names to avoid duplication
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