Marks Corner Traditional Cache
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Small plastic lock-tight container (13x10x5cms) with room for a few small items and travel bugs.
There are several small areas with parking for a limited number of vehicles on the left hand side of Marks Corner all the way up the lane. (Access for forest walks).
Situated on the northern edge of Parkhurst Forest, no-one is quite sure how this isolated rural community acquired its name. It is possible that it refers to boundary marks - on a land survey carried out in 1608 two fields are listed as ‘Lower Mark Close’ and ‘Upper Mark Close’ ; but another theory is that the name belongs to one Mark Harvey who owned land here in the 17th century. There was certainly a John Harvey renting a farm here in 1545.
The name first officially appeared on maps in 1780 when there were just two fields registered with one dwelling on each. Gradually more dwellings were built for farm and forest workers. The number of houses almost doubled in the late 1880s when one resident died and bequeathed his land to be divided between his eight children with a house to be built on each portion.
In the 1830s a Methodist chapel was erected by a group of gentlemen who were concerned with the religious well-being of the residents. This was replaced in1890 by the building which exists today - now converted to a private residence.
At the end of the lane bear left along the narrow Public Footpath through a beautiful woodland canopy with glimpses of the Solent. This Right of Way continues beyond the area of the cache ( it is an ancient byway leading from Porchfield in the west to Northwood in the East) and emerges from the wooded area with a bridge across a stream then on via pastureland to Little Whitehouse Road on the edge of Porchfield.
Some areas will be muddy in winter and wet weather. Please wedge back in place as found, to avoid removal by flood water.
Additional Hints
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