Black & White - Pembridge Traditional Cache
Andicap: Andicap died last year. Apologies I thought I had already archived this with the other Black & White villages . From Hazel [MLF] his widow
Black & White - Pembridge
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Describing itself as The Jewel in the Crown of the Black and White Village Trail, Pembridge has a history stretching back at least eight hundred years and is notable for its many timber-framed buildings. As a result, it has been possible to date the construction of many of them using tree ring counting techniques with remarkable accuracy. In some cases this has allowed dating to the precise season in which they were erected, not just the year.
Pembridge gained a royal charter allowing it to hold a market and two fairs in 1239. During the Middle Ages, the Cowslip Fair (held every May) and the Woodcock Fair (held in November) were important places for agricultural labourers across the county to seek work from landowners.
In 1856, the Leominster and Kington Railway developed a railway station to connect to Kington to Leominster. Taken over by the Great Western Railway, it closed to passengrs in 1955, and freight in 1961.
Today, Pembridge has a population of around 1,000 with two pubs, restaurants, galleries, shops, a hairdresser, a church and a post office.
It is recommended that you use the free parking area at - N 52 13.113 W 002 53.514 There are toilets here also.
This cache is one of the The Black & White series. The container and/or the log book holds a secret number which will be used along with similar numbers from the other caches in the series to lead to a bonus cache. You are advised to record this number for use in the future. Others in the series are:-
Black & White - Weobley,
Black & White - Dilwyn and
Black & White - Bonus.
This is a traditional cache where you are looking for a 35mm film canister containing a log and pencil. Please replace the cache exactly as you found it.
Additional Hints
(Decrypt)
Srapr yvar. Tebhaq yriry.
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