St. Bartholomew's church is located in Cranmore, Somerset, England and was built in the 15th Century.
If visiting during the day - please do feel free to go into the church. There is also a visitors log for the church, so feel free to sign this too!
The chuch is grade 1 listed, and has been altered very little since the 16th century. Minor work was done inside the church in the 19th century and the vestry was added, along with repairs to the roof. The bells, in the bell tower were installed in the 16th century. The tennor was bought from St.Mary Magdalen's church in Cricket Malherbie, after their bells were taken down due to a rotten frame. The set at Cranmore were deemed unusable in 1980, due to a fragile and rotten frame and had been being rung by hammers to preserve this frame for some time. The bells have recently been renewed and can now be heard every Sunday morning and some Thursday afternoons - when the bellringers practice. Details of this renewal are available in the church.
The church is open most days from around 9am to 3pm for visitors. Please be aware that there are services on Sundays and occasionally other events throughout the week. This is still private property and a religious site - so please be respectful.
There is a duck pond that the kids might like at N 51 11.255, W 2 28.505 and a pub across the road where you can get food and drink. There is also a play area at N 51 11.318, W 2 28.486. You can get there using the gate opposite the church gate. There is parking in front of the church or parking added as a waypoint.
When finding the cache please try not to walk over graves. The cache is located away from graves and you will not have to move anything, even stones, to find it. Please leave the cache as it was found and out of sight.
Thank you to the member of the local laity, and Parochial Church Council who allowed placement of this cache on private property.
I'm currently looking for people who might be able to help look after my caches whilst I'm away undertaking a doctorate. If you think you might be able to help, please do let me know by contacting me at geocachingjohn@googlemail.com (If you can't help maintain them long term, it would be wonderful if you could take along some spare logs/pencils/etc. to keep these caches alive, just in case)