St. Peter
& St. Paul
Another contribution to this series, started by
sadexploration,is St. Peter & St. Paul, Albury.
The original parish church of Albury still stands where it was
built by the Saxons in what is now Albury Park, a mile away from
the centre of Albury. Until the middle of the nineteenth century,
it was at the heart of the village, close by the pub, mill,
cottages and manor house. The proximity of the manor house to the
village led to a gradual displacement of the villagers by the
owners of the manor house to the nearby hamlets of Little London
and Weston Street (now Albury). Despite some opposition the old
Saxon church was to be replaced by a new church to be built in the
new village of Albury.
William McIntosh Brookes was appointed as architect for the new
church and he had selected a sloping site, "Rudge's field", to the
south of the main settlement of the new Albury. It commanded a
superb view to the west down the Tillingbourne valley and the new
church site overlooked the whole village. It was a perfect setting
for a new church that was to be the centre of the community.
Work began on the new Parish Church in November 1839 Its steeply
sloping site was levelled by building an embankment on which the
church was to be set.
A ring of six bells are in this tower.
A short multi-cache. At the given co-ordinates (which is the
entrance to the church yard) find the date on the clock on the
church tower This is AB/CD/18EF (where AB is the day of the month
and CD is the month of the year).
The cache can then be found at: N51 13.(F-E)AD W000
29.(B-A-A)F(C+F-A)
The cache has a log book only but no pen so please bring one
with you.
If anybody would like
to expand this series please do, I would just ask that you could
let sadexploration know first so he can keep track of the Church
numbers and names to avoid duplication