The Old Quercus Robur Traditional Cache

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geohatter: As the owner has not responded to my previous log requesting that they check this cache I am archiving it.

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Hidden : 7/5/2011
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size: small (small)

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Geocache Description:

Rectory Park is open to vehicles from 10:30hrs until dusk every day. There is ample parking but the caches can only be accessed on foot. The park is approximately 10 acres of fields, copses and pathways and is the home of the Sutton Coldfield Hockey Club.
The cache is a small black 100mm x 75MM round "Turtlebox" that contains a log and pencil, there is also room for small travel bugs and collectables.

A Photograph with the cache please.

John Shilton, a puritan, whose family had owned the advowson (the right in English law of presenting a nominee to an income from the land) of Sutton for many generations, appointed his son in law John Riland MA, son of John Riland Rector of Birmingham as Rector of Holy Trinity in 1689.
When Shilton found himself in financial difficulties Riland helped his patron and himself by buying the parish with a substantial endowment of land and therefore a guaranteed and substantial income for himself and the many members of his family who followed as Rector over the next three hundred years.
In 1701 Riland vacated the old 1528 rectory in Coleshill Street and commissioned William Wilson, a local architect to build a handsome Queen Anne style mansion in several acres of parkland later to be known as Rectory Park.
When he died in 1720 his son Richard Riland MA succeeded as Rector, marrying Mary Bisse. His son and successor as Rector Richard Bisse Riland MA was Warden of the town in 1771 and in 1778 as a prominent landowner supported the proposal for the enclosure of the common land including the Park, which due to much local opposition did not proceed at that time.

Congrats to gaz_zippy for the FTF.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

oruvaq naq vafvqr gur ovttrfg naq byqrfg Dhrephf Ebohe va gur pbcfr. Cyrnfr ercynpr gur pnpur nf lbh sbhaq vg.

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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