Bucks Series A-Z....Q Traditional Cache
Smithbats: Now archived so the space can be used.
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After seeing many other Alphabetical series, we decided to do our
own for our corner of the county of Buckinghamshire.
The caches all vary, some are bigger than others, but none are
micros and all have room for swaps.
Quainton, formerly Quainton Malet is a village about 5 miles North West of Aylesbury. Its name is Old English and means Queen's Estate (cwen tun). It is not known to which queen this refers, but possibly the Queen was Edith, the wife of Edward the Confessor.
Known as "Fair Edith" she held manors in this part of Buckinghamshire, including a hunting lodge at Mentmore. Edward the Confessor had a palace at nearby Brill.
Quainton was once linked to London by train to Marylebone and Baker Street; in the opposite direction travel was available to Rugby, Verney Junction and elsewhere. Public services ceased in 1964, but trains from Aylesbury run to connect with events at the Railway Museum at Quainton Road railway station on some Bank Holidays. The station
was also once a junction for the light railway (closed in 1936), sometimes known as the Brill Tramway, connecting Quainton with Brill village
The cache is at the edge of the village.
Additional Hints
(Decrypt)
Ab uvag fbeel, vgf rnfl