Parking in the High Street or the Pay and Display at Library or Budworth Hall. You will have to solve four easy clues to find the value of the co-ordinates of the cache.
When I was growing up in London, I travelled on the tube quite a lot. I always remember seeing Chipping Ongar as the end of the Central Line on the Tube Maps. In 1979 a story went round that Scorpions were found living at Ongar Station but I think it was a hoax. Never thought I would end up living here for over 30 years. The line is long since closed but will hopefully open again with a Steam connection to North Weald on weekends and holidays. In the station booking office is a plaque remembering Father Thomas Byles the Roman Catholic priest of Ongar who left this station on the 10th April 1912 to join the RMS Titanic on her maiden voyage. He perished with over a 1000 others when it struck an iceberg and sank.
It is an interesting little town with lots of history and has a good example of a late 11th or early 12th Century Motte and Bailey Castle, although only the earthworks survive. The motte or mound is about 70 metres in diameter at the base and is surrounded by a wet ditch up to 15 metres wide. A kidney-shaped inner bailey is to the west of the motte and there is a second bailey to the east. The motte itself is now covered with trees and is in private ownership, but can be seen from a public footpath that starts at the north end of the High Street. St Martins Church built around 1080 is worth a visit.
The word “Chipping” denotes that Ongar was a market town, the market area being just outside the coaching inn “The Kings Head.” David Livingstone once lived in Ongar as did Jane Taylor who wrote the nursery rhyme “Twinkle Twinkle Little Star”. Look out for the Millennium markings on the pavements.
The cache location is at N51 42.CBA E000 14.ABD. When you have collected all the clues, add them together to give a four figure number. To this, add the figure 1762. this will give you ABCD. Please ensure the cache is well hidden when you leave. Good luck.