The cache is located in the village of Tockwith. The town has a
long history having been mentioned in the doomsday book (named
Tocvi) in 1086. This village was also used as a staging area by the
Parliamentarian army in June/July 1644 before the battle of Marsden
Moor, which was fought just a little further towards York on 2nd
July 1644. There is also a cache closer towards York commemorating
the battle (details here:
GCKVZK).
Apparently Mr Cromwell rather enjoyed his stay in the village
and wrote high praise in his diaries saying - "If heaven should be
half as blessed as the fields of Tockwith, all those who should
pass St. Peter's Gate shall be met with joys unequalled" – so I
think he liked it!
With regards to the cache name - well this is a cache placed
along the same line of thought as the POTUS TB which is to be
released from this cache shortly. Yes, Team Honeylove are finally
to be married on 22nd June 2009 and so this is a little memento for
us, and also the title fits nicely with our naming convention
(Bonus points if any one has worked it out yet! … but I hope people
haven’t!)
(Have to say a big thanks to
Wikipedia for
the history help here!)