Historical Ruthin - Prison Sentence?? Multi-Cache

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scubapingu: Having moved away from the area and not being successful in attempts to get the caches adopted sadly the series has no been archived. Thanks to all who attempted them.

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Hidden : 8/4/2010
Difficulty:
3 out of 5
Terrain:
2 out of 5

Size: Size: not chosen (not chosen)

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Geocache Description:

This cache has been placed as part of the Historic Ruthin Series. The series aims to highlight the history of Ruthin whilst providing information on specific areas. The cache containers are almost all nano's set in interesting locations around the town. We hope you enjoy the series and the area.

Ruthin has a complicated history of law enforcement.

Stage 1 :- Find the Plaque on the side of The Court House and make note of the date it was erected. This will become ABCA

The starting point for this cache is where Ruthin's first gaol is thought to have been located. This handsome half-timbered building, now the NatWest Bank, was built following Owain Glyndwr's attack on the town which left very few houses standing. It was built as the Old Court House of the Lordship of Ruthin. Most executions at Ruthin were carried out on St Peter's Square and part of the timber gibbet can be seen on the north-west wall of the Court House. It is thought the last person executed was a Catholic Priest, who was hung, drawn and quartered in 1679.

Stage 2. - Find the Plaque near the entrance and make note of the date when this ceased to be a goal. This will become ADAE

The first House of Correction, or Bridewell, was built at the bottom of Clwyd Street in 1654, to replace the Old Court House, where "able-bodied idlers and the unemployed" were sent to do work. In January 1775 work began to build a new model prison in Ruthin on the site of the old Bridewell.By 1865 The Prisons Act set new standards again for the design of prisons and plans were drawn up for a new four-storey wing, and the new prison accommodating up to 100 prisoners, in the style of London's Pentonville Prison was built at a cost of £12,000. As far as is known, only one person was ever executed in the prison, William Hughes of Denbigh, aged 42, who was hanged on 17 February 1903 for the murder of his wife, his plea of insanity having failed. Ruthin Gaol ceased to be a prison when the prisoners and guards were transferred to Shrewsbury. During the Second World War the prison buildings were used as a munitions factory, before being handed back to the County Council afterwards, when it was the headquarters of the Denbighshire Library Service. In 2002 the Gaol was extensively renovated and reopened as a museum as it is today. It is a grand building and is well worth a visit. The court yard today is used for Farmers' Markets and Craft Fairs among other things, along with the traditional Town Crier.

Cache Location - To work out the cache co-ords input the information you have gathered above into the following equations:- N53 CE (E-A)E5 W003 AD C8D

This is the best view of Ruthin Castle without haing to enter the grounds. For other views please do the other Ruthin caches. The Rugby field is used at weekends during the summer so please be careful of muggles. Just accross the field is the wonderful Cae Ddol playground/skate park/picnic area and duck pond. A great place to spend an hour or two. Parking for any of the Ruthin caches can be found at the Ruthin Craft Centre (details below). This is a public car park and is free unlike others in town. The rest of the Series
Historical Ruthin - The Library
Historical Ruthin - St Peter's Square
Historical Ruthin - Ruthin Raliway Station??
Historical Ruthin - Prison Sentence??

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Svany pnpur ybpngvba :- Nqhyg rlr yriry ba svryq fvqr bs gerr

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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