The name Edgmond comes from the Anglo-Saxon for edge of marsh. The church in Edgmond is dedicated to St. Peter and is in the Lichfield Diocese.
The rock used to build the church was sourced form an old local sandstone quarry called the ‘Rock Hole’ (no longer in existence).
The above co-ordinates are for the parking location.
Look for a date on the church's exterior wall above "As a shadow so is life". Date = ABCD.
The cache is located at N52° 4(C).(D+C+A)(B-C)(B-D) W002° 2(D+A).C(C-C)C across the road on the public footpath, opposite the church.
If you continue along the path, to the village of Longford you will see the Talbot Chapel, which is the surviving fragment of Longford's medieval church, the rest of which was demolished in 1803. However, it is now a private residence and hence not accessible. It is not necessary to continue to Longford to retrieve the cache and there is one stile, which you may need to lift your dog over if you do (depending on how fit and how high your dog can jump).
The log book of the ‘Shropshire Church gems - Edgmond' cache contains the co-ordinates for the ‘Shropshire Church gems – Edgmond -BONUS cache’.
With only a little back-tracking you can pick up a path and make the route a circular walk and collect the Shropshire Church gems – Edgmond -BONUS cache’ on the way (see map attachment below).
Interesting fact:-
On the 10th January 1982, at Harper Adams College in Edgmond, a temperature of –26.1°C was recorded, breaking the English lowest temperature weather record.
