Church Micro 2623…Impington-St Andrews Traditional Cache

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Church Warden: 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 : 4/14/2012
Difficulty:
2.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size: micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

The 'official' Church Micro for St Andrew's Church, Impington.

A brief history of the church and village of Impington, taken from the church website:

The earliest known date for Impington is AD 991, when the manor was given to the Monastery at Ely by Duke Brithnoth.
The name is said to derive from a Saxon tribe, "Empings". The village "Epintone" is in the Domesday Book (pop. 143). The church was reconstructed in the 14th Century, the porch being added in the 15th Century.
Considerable restoration work was done in 1879 under Mr Ewan Christian - the chancel arch was widened and the box pews removed. The painting on the north wasll is a 15th Century representation of St Christopher.
The churchyard wall was built in 1614 and successive generations have maintained it as best as they were able. Over the years, field stones, masonry rubble, faulty chancel floor tiles and bricks from the redundant brickfield behind Doctor's Close, have all been used in the wall.
The wall was recently extensively repaired as, apart from the ravages of age, the constant stream of traffic past the church had damaged a great part of the wall and some areas had collapsed. Not only did the wall need to be replaced with a reinforced wall, but, owing to the slope of the churchyard towards the road, this wall is also a retaining wall.
The bricks used are in keeping with the original wall and the church, and the Victorian coping stones were re-used along the full length of the wall. Some fragments of grave stones have been used on parts of the wall inside the churchyard.
When the wall was built, the date and the initials of the then churchwardens were built into it ( the photograph above clearly shows this) - 1614 T.H. C.D. C.W. (Thomas Hoddilow and Charles Duckett). A fragment of parchment found in the Muniment Room at Ely in 1915 confirmed that in 1613 money had been set aside for the purpose of building a wall. It is planned to build a tablet into the new wall, showing the date of repair and the initials of the present churchwardens. Also built into the wall is the Foundation Stone of the first Church School in Impington. This school was built opposite the church in 1846 on land given by the Reverend Pine-Coffin, then owner of Impington hall. He was a descendant on the distaff side of the Pepys family who built the Hall around 1580. The Hall was demolished in 1953. The diarist Samuel Pepys attended Impington Church when staying at the Hall with his Uncle Talbot. Talbot Pepys was for a time civil registrar and signed the marriage registers.

You are looking for a bison tube - but it's in disguise and not on the ground! Parking may be difficult to find in this area, I would advise against parking in the winding lane this cache is on.

If anybody would like to expand to this series please do, I would just ask that you could let Sadexploration know first so he can keep track of the Church numbers and names to avoid duplication.

To view the church micro stats page, please click here

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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