Shaftesbury's Six Sermons Multi-Cache
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Shaftesbury's Six Sermons
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A multi around the picturesque Saxon market town of Shaftesbury visiting some of its sacred heritage.
The circular route is a distance of 2 kms, involves a short climb and a steep descent down cobbles. The locals - with stamina - happily push buggies and bikes along these routes. Please bring a pen.
Shaftesbury was built 718 feet (219 metres) above sea level on the side of a chalk and greensand hill, part of Cranborne Chase. It is one of the oldest and highest towns in Britain , the only significant hilltop settlement in Dorset, and has one of the most recognisable views in the country.
It has a long religious history - in medieval times the town boasted 11 places of worship - which started in 880 when the settlement was founded by King Alfred the Great. Eight years later he built the Abbey placed his daughter Aethelgifu as the first Abbess and for the next 650 years it was the most important in the country with many royal links.
In 1539 the Abbey was dissolved on the orders of Henry VIII and the majority of the Abbey precinct was destroyed and forgotten. However, in 1931 a lead casket containing bones, thought to be the remains of Edward, King and Martyr, were found in the grounds of the Abbey ruins which led to renewed interest in the Abbey.
Today the town serves its community with 5 churches a Quaker House, Jehovah's Witness Hall and Christian Centre.
Stage 1) St James's Church…. N51 0.024 W002 12.240
A Christian milestone but which millennium is celebrated? = A.
Stage 2) Abbey… N51 0.299 W002 11.912
A regal red heading but how many vowels in the 2 words? = B.
Stage 3) Holy Trinity Church…. N51 0.340 W002 11.917
A royal link perhaps but from what war? = C.
Stage 4) Bell Street United Church …. N51 0.411 W002 11.789
The church opens in the morning. Double the first figure of the time? = D.
Stage 5) The United Reformed Church…. N51 0.403 W002 11.729
Feeling peckish or romantic? How many columns are you stood under? = E.
Stage 6) St Peter's Church…. N51 0.344 W002 11.820
A street paved in precious metal but how much did it cost to refurbish?
£?5, 000 = F.
Final stage… N51 0.(B-E) (A-D) B W002 12.C (C+D-A) (F-C)
First to find is a fridge magnet.
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