Church Micro 188 ... Shadoxhurst Traditional Cache
Church Micro 188 ... Shadoxhurst
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The Church consists of a nave and chancel. Formerly there was a wooden tower rising from the ground at the West end, which contained three bells. The tower was taken down about the year 1788 and in 1791 two of the bells were sold for £22. The remaining bell which hangs in the turret has the inscription, ‘BY ME JOHN COLE BELLFOUNDER 1592’. John Cole was an itinerant bellfounder from Airesford, Hampshire and he also made a bell for Orlestone Church.
The fabric of the Church dates from an early period, supposedly from the time of Edward III (circa 1350). The earliest recorded Rector is John de Ilford, appointed incumbent of SHADOWEHURST on 22nd January 1289.
By the year 1868 the Church had become very dilapidated and an architect pronounced it to be in a dangerous state, requiring £600 – a tidy sum in those days – for repair. Although the parish was a poor one, The Revd. Charles Rolfe, his wife, and two Churchwardens, George Brown and Charles Orpin, set to work to obtain the necessary funds, with the result that the Church was re-opened on Thursday, 1st April 1869. (The ancestor of The Revd. Charles Rolfe was connected with John Rolfe who married the Red Indian Princess, Pocahontas (1595-1617) in 1614 .)
In April 1952 extensive repairs to the roof and turret, costing about £400, were carried out.
In the late summer of 1964 a sudden outbreak of dry rot necessitated the closure of the Church again and the calling in of experts who advised the complete extraction of all floorboards, pulpit, lectern and pews. The many hundreds of pounds required for this and the provision of a new floor and seating accommodation, were secured through generous grants and local fund-raising. The friendly co-operation of the Methodists made it possible for regular combined services to be held it the Chapel, until the re—opening in March 1965.
Since then there have been regular combined services with the Methodists to strengthen the bond of Christianity in the Village.
In 1976 the P.C.C. commissioned Mr.Ivey to refurbish the interior fabric of the Church and the South Porch. This included the re-pointing of interior stone work. Since then most years have seen continuing work on the exterior of the Church which has included repairs to the turret and roof, and re-pointing round the top of all walls. This latter work has been carried out by Mr.Cheeseman.
You are looking for a 35mm film canister - which is hidden outside the church grounds
Inside this cache there is a laminate with co-ordinates for GC2GR16 ‘Doing a Rachel‘, which can be found nearby. Please replace laminated coordinates and leave in Church Micro canister. Thank you
Please take care when replacing caches - fasten securely and hide well - Many thanks
The cache has a log book but no room for pen so bring one along.
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If any body would like to expand to this series please do, I would just ask that you could let Sadexploration know first so he can keep track of the Church numbers and names to avoid duplication
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Latest maintenance mission ..... 30 May 2014
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