St. Peters Church, Southborough
Church Micro #129
St. Peter’s was originally a small building seating 500, built in 1830 by Decimus Burton when Southborough became an independent ecclesiastical parish. In 1883 the Church was was extended by Ewan Christian, who added the spire flanked by 2-storey projection. The former school was located behind the church, and lessons frequently took place on the Common or in the adjoining woods.
The church is a Grade II Listed Building.
Credit : The Southborough Society
View from the cricket pitch - circa 1930 credit : The Southborough Society
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On to the cache :-
At the original co-ords find the following :-
Emily Davys Wood died on 17th November ABCD
Emily was the wife of William Wood who lived at EF Chesham Street
Rebecca Horne was born in GHJK
Thomas Washington Horne was born in LMNP
The cache can be found at
N51 (A-L)(B+P).(F-K) (M-H) (M-L) E000 (N-J)(E+K).(C-G)(C+J)(D+P)
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I thank Gumbleygang who adopted this cache in 2017, when we moved away from the area - until March 2025 when I heard that they were not as active and I was able to take it back
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