Bucks Series A-Z....H Traditional Cache
Smithbats: Someone else may use the spot!
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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.
Hillesden is a village and is also a civil
parish within Aylesbury Vale district
in Buckinghamshire, England. It is in the very north of
the county, about four miles south of Buckingham.
The village name is Anglo Saxon in origin, and means
'Hild's hill'. In the Domesday Book of 1086 the village
was recorded as Ilesdone, though earlier it had been referred
to as Hildesdun
Hillesden is split up into three areas; Church End, The Orchard and
The Barracks. Church End is situated at the top of the hill and
surrounds the church. The Orchard consists of Orchard Cottages and
Orchard View, whilst The Baracks are situated across from Great
Ground.
During the English Civil War the manor house at
Hillesden was made a garrison for the Royalists. On
the success of the Parliamentarians it was plundered
greatly and its owner thrown into jail, where he subsequently died.
The medieval church, built in 1493 was saved from the
ravages of war, however, and remains to this day along with
Cavalier bullet holes in its door.
The parish church in Hillesden is dedicated to All
Saints. The tithes of this church were anciently
collected by Christ Church, Oxford.
Additional Hints
(Decrypt)
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