Buzzbee's poets corner Traditional Cache
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This a nano container which can be found at Eathorpe.
Eathorpe is a small village five miles east of Leamington Spa, in the English county of Warwickshire. It is in its own parish, in the electoral ward of Cubbington. It is very close to the B4455, which follows the line of the Roman Fosse Way, and the River Leam. According to the 2001 census, the parish had a population of 113.
Although the village is small it has an excellent village hall, built in 2006. The village is well-known for its Christmas decorations, each house being spectacularly lit up, and for its pub,
Eathorpe Hall is the former home of Samuel Shepheard, whose principal claim to fame is that he built the original Shepheard's Hotel in Cairo, Egypt. An inscription on the bridge, over the River Leam, which links Eathorpe with the nearby village of Wappenbury reads: "This bridge was erected by Samuel Shepheard of Eathorpe Hall, AD 1862". Close to the bridge is a pipeline which feeds water from the Leam to nearby Draycote Water. This pipeline was used to fill the reservoir when it opened in 1966.
The first mention of a post office in Eathorpe was in 1875, but the village post office closed in March 1999 and was ran at the time by Wilf BUSBY.
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