GC2Y2BG St Margaret (Traditional Cache) in West Midlands, United Kingdom created by susannye

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magwai: 3 DNF's so I though I ought to check this one out

Sadly I couldn't find it either [:(] nowhere really to replace this other than in the churchyard itself which I don't want to do so time for this one to go to bed

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A cache by susannye Message this owner

Hidden : 6/13/2011

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Size: Size: small (small)

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Depending on where you grew up in the area, the name St Margaret could remind you of the Church, the Primary School or the Asylum locally known as "The Maggies" - Here I'm rerferring to the Church

Set within the Parish of Great Barr, under the Diocese of Lichfield, St Margarets has been here since 11th century, initially as a "chapel of ease". A Church "proper" is believed to have been founded on the site in the 13th century around 1250 AD. The church was entirely rebuilt, with the exception of the tower and spire in 1860 over the years it has evolved into the beautiful church you see today.

Many of my family and friends have celebrated mariages (A Brownie Guard of Honour is a sight to see

), christenings and funerals here, as well as Church Parade on a regular basis with Girlguiding - Rememberance Day Parade is very special - Until recently, the road was closed and Scouts, Guides and ex-Servicemen paraded together, sadly this is in decline due to fewer ex-Servicemen from WWI and WWII living in the area

If you choose to look around the churchyard, you will see an abandoned building in the next field, this was the original infirmary to St Margarets Asylum - Building works are ongoing for a housing complex

The Church was named after St Margaret Of Antioch:
St. Margaret of Antioch was martyred for her faith during the emperor Diocletion's persecution of the Christians in the fourth century.
Many legends have grown up around her and today, as then, she is known as the patron saint of childbirth.
According to legend, she was the daughter of a pagan priest at Antioch in Pisidia. Also known as Marina, she was converted to Christianity, whereupon she was driven from home by her father.
She became a shepherdess and when she spurned the advances of Olybrius, the prefect, who was infatuated with her beauty, he charged her with being a Christian. He had her tortured and then imprisoned, and while she was in prison she had an encounter with the devil in the form of a dragon.
According to the legend, he swallowed her, but the cross she carried in her hand so irritated his throat that he was forced to disgorge her - one of the reasons why she is known as the patroness of childbirth.
As a result, St. Margaret's emblem is a cross penetrating the open mouth of a dragon - a symbol of her triumph over Satan and the forces of evil.
St. Margaret is one of the Fourteen Holy Helpers.

Please take care when approaching this cache as there is no footpath here, you could of course stroll through the churchyard and approach the cache that way.

Plenty of parking nearby - Public Transport users, West Midlands 51 Birmingham/Walsall, alight at St. Margarets School and walk down Chapel Lane

No FTF Prize other than your name to be added forever on the cache page and a drink at the next local Event if you can attend WHEN TNG gets his act together