K6 - Maldon Multi-Cache
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A K6 cache in Maldon.
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 I was surprised to learn that Essex had 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.
Maldon boasts three listed K6 kiosks but, handily, they are next to each other at the top of Market Hill, to
the north west of the Plume Library. They all appear to be in reasonable condition. The cache is near another of Maldon's many listed buildings; to find it you will need to cross some busy roads, so please take care. So, some information from the nearby St. Peter's Churchyard information board is needed.
The Battle of Maldon was in 9A1.
Maldon Grammar School was founded in 1EB8.
The nave is believed to have collapsed in 1C55.
Thomas Plume was born in 16D0.
F = the number of trusts that jointly funded St. Peter's Churchyard refurbishment.
You will find the cache at N51 43.ABC E000 40.DEF.
Some furtiveness may be needed to retrieve the cache, depending on the time of day.
If anyone would like to add to our K6 caches would you kindly send Cloggers an email so we can see if and how they're progressing.
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