The Weighbridge Traditional Cache

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Hidden : 4/27/2011
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size: small (small)

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Geocache Description:


This should be a quick find cache, a cache and dash if you want it to be. Suitable for kids and adults alike!

You will not need to step into the road!!! Or move any plants or dismantle rockery as such to find this one.

The cache is placed with the permission of the pub owners.

parts of this lovely building date back to the 17th Century.

HISTORY

The Weighbridge stands adjacent to the original packhorse trail to Bristol, which is now a footpath and bridleway. The road at the front of the Inn became a Turnpike on 24th May 1822 with the following tolls:

4d For a horse drawing a carriage
1d For a horse
10d For a herd of cattle per score
3d For pigs per score

The innkeeper ran both the weighbridge and the Inn. The weighbridge served the local mills, perhaps mainly the nearby Longfords Mill, which was owned by the Playne family and produced woollen cloth for the clothing industry.

Raw materials were weighed entering the mill and the finished product weighed as it set out on its journey to cities such as Bristol, Bath and London.

Memorabilia from the mill can be found all around the Inn today. Including the large collection of keys.

In 1891 the landlord of the Weighbridge Inn was recorded as Edward Gage, although the owner was Arthur Twisden Playne. It had an annual rateable value of £12.15s.0d.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

vs lbh arrq gb qnfu, lbh'yy or qbar va n synfu. Pnecnex be Vaa lbh qrpvqr haqre n ybt vf jurer v uvqr!

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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