K6 - East Hanningfield Traditional Cache

This cache has been archived.

Cloggers: This one has gone again and a new job makes it very difficult for me to maintain the cache so, with a heavy heart, I've no real alternative to archiving this one.

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Hidden : 3/7/2010
Difficulty:
1 out of 5
Terrain:
1 out of 5

Size: Size: micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

A K6 cache in East Hanningfield

The concept of listed buildings was introduced during World War II as a way of determining which buildings should be rebuilt if they were damaged by bombing. The 1947 Town and Country Planning Act led to the compilation of the first list of buildings of special historical or architectural importance. While researching for a cache (that I never got around to placing) I was surprised to learn that Essex has 79 listed ‘Kiosk type No.6’ telephone boxes.

Sir Giles Gilbert Scott was asked by the General Post Office to design a new kiosk for mass production in March 1935 and the K6 went into manufacture a year later.

K6, also known as the Jubilee Kiosk commemorating the Silver Jubilee of George V, was the first telephone kiosk to be used extensively outside London. Some 70,000 were installed in virtually every town and city between 1936 and 1968, replacing most of the existing kiosks and establishing thousands of new sites.

The East Hanningfield K6 is in pretty good condition and stands at one end of the village green opposite the Windmill Tavern.

I would like to give a little of the history of the village but, as far as I can tell, nothing much ever happened there (I am sure someone will correct me on this!) apart from the St. Giles Home ‘for chronic disfiguring diseases and lepers’ being established within the parish in 1913.

Although it is possible to park close to the cache the road is quite narrow (and the traffic rather fast at times) so I would suggest parking next to the village hall and post office. From here it is a short walk to the cache. Alternatively, have a pint in Windmill and make use of its car park.

If anyone would like to add to our K6 caches (English Heritage has 2129 listed K6 kiosks – they can be found by searching for “K6” at (visit link) would you kindly send Cloggers an email so we can see if and how they're progressing.

If a particular listed kiosk seems to be in very bad condition you can bring it to the attention of the local council's Conservation Officer who has legal powers to force repair works to be carried out to prevent further decay.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

pybfre (!)

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)


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