John Evelyn's Garden Delight Traditional Cache

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Hidden : 11/23/2011
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size: micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

Black Tube Cache with hook.

Bring own pen.. Inside log and stripey paper clips please take one.

Inside park.
Little bit of stealth but hardly any.

Not magnetic, Has hook attached.

The Manor of Deptford, bestowed upon Gilbert de Magminot or Maminot by William the Conqueror the first Norman King of England just after 1066.

Located in Deptford,on the Thames Path, Sayes Court once attracted throngs to visit its celebrated garden created by the seventeenth century diarist John Evelyn.

The mansion now completely buried beneath Convoy's Wharf left is the run down and vandalised Sayes Court Park, the area shows little sign of its former glory, despite having been a key factor in the creation of the National Trust.

During WW1 the War Department hired Sayes Court, from the City of London Corporation from the 19th September 1914 to use as a Horse Transport Reserve Depot.

During WW2, on the 16th August 1944, the Victorian Terrace existing along the Grove Street side of Sayes Court Park was totally destroyed by a German V-1 flying bomb.

The Present: The current Sayes Court Park only incorporates the western edge of John Evelyn's Garden, and most of it overlies the area originally shown on Evelyn's map of 1653 as the 'Broome Field'. The boundary wall of Evelyn's garden follows a line extended from the eastern edge of the modern Sayes Court Street.

There is now a campaign to restore John Evelyn's Seventeenth Century garden at Sayes Court, which is gathering international support.

A nice little park to visit that people have sat and visited for over 900 years.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

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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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