The Holmfirth Floods Multi-Cache
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Part of the Historical Holmfirth series. The others are: The Holmfirth Branch Line; Holmfirth’s Blue Plaques; Holmfirth's Industrial Heritage; and The Holmfirth Tiger. This multi takes you on a tour of five memorials around the town; all easily accessible in less than an hour. Then a quick mathematical puzzle will lead you to a micro cache.
Holmfirth has been subject to many floods over the years; from the first recorded in 1738 to the most recent in 2002. There are memorials and reminders around the town which, once visited, will enable you to solve the puzzle and find the cache. The coordinates given are for suggested long stay parking, although there are many car parks in Holmfirth to choose from.
The first recorded flood was in 1738 and was a result of severe rainstorms which caused the River Holme to burst its banks and flood the valley. On that occasion damage was limited to farmland and no lives were lost.
In 1777 the River Holme burst its banks again, following a severe storm and flooded the valley. Three lives were lost and the church built in 1476 was swept away.
The most famous Holmfirth flood was in 1852 following a period of heavy rain. A reservoir burst its banks and released 86 million gallons of water down the valley. 81 people were killed and many buildings were destroyed, included four mills, ten dye houses, three drying stoves, 27 cottages, seven tradesmen’s houses, seven shops, seven bridges crossing the River Holme, and ten warehouses.
In 1944, on Whit Monday, a cloudburst caused the River Holme to burst its banks yet again. This flood was named ‘the forgotten flood’ as it occurred just a few days before the Allied invasion of Normandy.
Take a tour of the following sites and collect information from the memorials, or very close by, to help you solve the puzzle of where the cache location is:
N53 34.ABC
W001 47.DEF
The height of the 1944 flood is marked at the Elephant and Castle N53 34.153 W001 47.321
May the 2_th = B
A plaque to commemorate the Holmfirth Floods of 1852 and 1944 is sited on the bridge at N53 34.190 W001 47.212
A nearby plaque was erected to commemorate the 5_th anniversary of VE and VJ day = A
The height of one of the floods is marked at the corner N53 34.195 W001 47.197
The year of the flood ----. Numbers (2-1) – (3+4) = F
How many of the six reservoirs depicted nearby begin with R? = D
The height of the 1852 flood is marked at T'owd Genn N53 34.234 W001 47.151
This stone was originally erected to commemorate the peace of ? The total letters in this place name = C
All Holmfirth’s floods are commemorated along the river at N53 34.167 W001 47.285
The total letters in Miss Fearne’s Christian names = E
FTF overanout
Additional Hints
(Decrypt)
Ubj terra vf zl tbbfr?
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