St Hubert's Traditional Cache
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This is a nice and quick cache and dash off the busy A31.
The cache is sited near to St Hubert's Church. It is NOT in the Church grounds.
St Hubert's Church is situated on the A31, at the corner of Blandford Road (B3074) and Knoll Lane in Corfe Mullen.
Corfe Mullen is a village in Dorset, England, situated on the north-western urban fringe of the Poole-Bournemouth conurbation. The town has a population of 10,147 (2001). Although set on the edge of an urban area, Corfe Mullen is surrounded by the Green Belt and forms part of the rural district of East Dorset.
The name Corfe Mullen is from the Old English corf "a cutting or pass", and the Old French molin "a Mill" which refers to the old water mill on the River Stour, where the original village stood and was mentioned in the Domesday Book.
The south eastern part of this parish, formerly open heathland, is now a large conurbation, separated from the original much smaller settlement on the present A31 road some two miles west of Wimborne. In fact, this original part of the village was small and does not appear to have grown to any extent over the centuries, as the original 13th century church was not extended significantly until 1841 and remained a chapel of ease to Sturminster Marshall until 1857. The church is interesting for its basic 13th century structure and the transeptal enlargement of 1841, which created an unusual and strongly emphasised cross axis.
Although now dedicated to St. Hubert, all three editions of Hutchins (1774, 1813 and 1868) state it to have been dedicated to St. Nicholas. The churchyard is also renowned for its ancient yew tree, reputed to be 1000 years old.
St Hubert is the Patron Saint of Hunters.
Please be careful when retrieving and replacing the cache and please, replace as found. Also, please do NOT give anything away in the log about the method of retrieval. Thanks.
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Va gur onfr bs gur gerr snpvat gur Puhepu.
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