FARRINGDON FOLLY Multi-Cache
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A walk around the village of Upper Farringdon in Hampshire
THERE IS NO NEED TO GO ONTO PRIVATE LAND OR UP PRIVATE DRIVES AS ALL CLUES ARE VISIBLE FROM THE ROAD/PAVEMENT.
PLEASE BE CAREFUL AS YOU WALK AS MOST OF THE VILLAGE HAS NO PAVEMENT.
It should take an hour or so to complete unless you get sidetracked into the Rose and Crown.
It starts from Massey’s Folly near the Church where on road parking is available.
There is an unregistered TB dog tag as a prize for the FTF
Massey's Folly is an immense structure towering over the surrounding picturesque thatched cottages in the village of Upper Farringdon in North Hampshire. It appeared on the recent series of Restoration Village on BBC2, however it was not chosen to go through to the next stage of the programme.
Built over 40 years from 1870 by the eccentric Rev Thomas Hackett Massey, the building's history remains shrouded in mystery. Part of the building is currently used as a nursery school and many villagers would like to see this continue as well as using the Folly to revitalise the village, its identity and sense of community.
All Saints Church
Gilbert White was curate here,
for nearly four and twenty years
he daily rode the rural track
from Selborne to All Saints and back.
But long before he came this way,
old Farringdon had much to say —
for is it true the hollow yew,
when Christ was born, was far from new?
The Rose and Crown is a traditional village pub, a free house serving a selection of real ales from national and local brewers and excellent home cooked food. The pub was built in 1810 by the Knight family, of Chawton.
Now to the hunt
WP1: N51 06.800 W000 59.060
Date on the Top of the Tower
ABEW
C=W-1
D=W+1
WP2: N51 06.B(B-C)(B-C) W 000 5E.(E-B-A)A(E-D)
Dedicated to Peacocks AEEF
WP3: N51 06.BCC W000 5B.BCF
Call AI
0GDF GH0IH0
WP4: N51 06.HGE W000 5B.BAI
J=0
WP5: N51 06.HFC W000 5B.BJH
TE was here ADKL
WP6: N51 06.CCK W000 5B.DG(K-L)
Number of chimneys
M
WP7: N51 06.KAM W000 5B BKA
Victoria’s Box Number NOPP
WP8: N51 06.KN(N+O) W000 5E.PP(N+O)
WVV‘s feet Q
WP9: N51 06.(P+Q)OQ W000 5E.FNJ
Letters in name R
WP10: N51 06.RQR W000 5E.PCJ
And the number is 0S4T0 QUUNVQ
Since the phone has gone T=2 U=8
THE CACHE IS AT:
N51 0V.UEB W000 5E.FPT
Additional Hints
(Decrypt)
Va zvqqyr bs gerr - ba evtug nf lbh tb hc gur uvyy