A Criminal Cache Multi-Cache
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This is a mini tour of the darker side to The history of Norwich is about 1.5 miles long and takes about an hour. This tour of real crime sights in this fair city is not for the faint hearted and only the brave should attempt this, especially after night fall. Please bring your own pen and tweezers
Based on some of the crimes from Norwich's past you will need your wits about you as who can tell what you will discover as you relive Norwich's grime past through the eyes of actual witnesses, victims and maybe a villain or hero. The final cache is a magnetic micro. Near where another murder took place. John Aggas was a well loved landlord who's reputation for keeping children amused brought people from all over the place to the drinking house he owned. In 1787 Timothy Hardy, a nasty piece of work, and John's sister walked from Newton Flotman to the city. They had an argument in the kitchen and John came in to calm things down. The Hardys stopped their row and John held out his hand but instead of shaking hands Timothy stabbed him in the belly leaving such a large cut it causing a large amount of his bowel to fall out. There were many witnesses and Timothy was soon in custody and later hanged. The ghost of John Aggas is said to still tell his stories to those in the pub. The last sighting was 1999. To find out where this happened go to N 52 3A BCD E 001 1E FGH Your journey begins, at the published co-ordinates, 1886 a fish merchant named Arthur Riches from Beccles came to Norwich to find his wife, Matilda, who had left him and was living in Colgate using the surname of Lark. He found her in the Haymarket and cut her throat. She broke away and managed to get to the courtyard down this alley but he followed her and continued his frenzied attack. He was sentenced to be hanged but this was later commuted to life imprisonment. He died in HMP Parkhurst in 1898. To see if the little sheep are home phone 6?? 365 A = sum of missing digits Feel like a visit to Church? Well no Church but you to close where the synagogue once stood. In the 10th century this area was home to the Jewish community. You are near the home of Rabbi Isaac. Although a leader at the synagogue he dominated by his wife, Until the day she disappeared, and he was unable to explain where or why she had gone. It was not until the 1980s that whilst clearing of the cellar that workmen found a woman's skeleton in a wooden box that dated back to the time of the disappearance. Shortly after this discovery a ghost began appearing, but it is Isaac who haunts this place perhaps angry that his crime has been discovered or maybe now her body is discovered and laid to rest his spirit is once again under the thumb of his wife. Isaac's wife's disappearance was overshadowed by other event in Norwich which impacted the Jewish population nationally. Thomas of Monmouth made an allegation of murder. Thomas claimed that in 1144 the Jews had bound and nailed a 12 year old boy named William as if on a cross. This accusation played a major part in the edit of expulsion given by King Edward 1 in 1290. One of the nearby shops proudly displays in white writing “Est 19??”B=sum of last two digits Fancy a walk in the park? N 52° 37.646 E 001° 17.276 This is a pleasant park with its delightful Bandstand. It is difficult to imagine the dark deeds that have taken place, however. John, or Jack, Thurtell offered a hundred pound reward after he alleged that in 1821 on returning from collecting a debt from London he was walking through the park he was set about by three unknown men who stole £1508 from him. All though it was a substantial reward no one came forward. In the next weeks paper it was reported that John was bankrupt, he had been taking the money to one of his creditors. It is generally believed that he invented the events of that night in order to get the creditor off his back. Shortly after this John disappeared from Norwich. With the help of his brother they started defrauding companies in London. He was later charged with the murder of a man in Herefordshire and was hanged. G minus the Number of wooden Xs on each side of the bandstand =C And so to the Post Office Yard N 52° 37.791 E 001° 17.684 In 1886 at a cottage in this yard a carpenter named Henry Last was robbed and brutally murdered by being hit repeatedly in the head with a hammer. George Harmer, a plasterer from Norwich was arrested and charged in London. George Harmer was the last person to be privately hanged at Norwich Castle. The phone number of the restaurant in this yard is 6?68?9 Second digit minus fifth Next stop the prison door. N 52° 37.801 E 001° 17.705 For many a guilty, and no doubt a few innocent, this was there last residence. Wonder how it felt being taken through this narrow doorway to such an uncertain and possibly short future. Sum of the last three digits of a nearby Festival = E This information is only available during trading hours Lets away from here and go to the place of swine. N 52° 37.973 E 001° 17.923 Nothing remains in this tiny city street to reveal the events of 1868 that begged the question was it murder or suicide? 16th October and the streets of Norwich buzz with the news that Ann Frances Clare had been murdered at her home in this lane. Her husband Francis was charged as he was seen at their home with bloodstained clothes and the weapon used was his razor. However after his, lengthy trial the jury returned a not guilty verdict and that his wife had committed suicide. But did she or did a guilty man escape justice? Black numbers on a yellow square. The highest digit plus the one above it minus the remaining one= F With that thought in mind lets go to court. N 52° 38.024 E 001° 18.109 Imagine the scene the year is 1549 and down this street, which was one of the main routes into the city, Robert Kett, his brother William and a large band of men met the might of an army sent to defend Norwich. It was somewhere in this street that Lord Sheffield met with his demise. Third digit of the year this took place = G We will end on a last. N 52° 37.666 E 001° 17.780 You are now at the entrance of another of Norwich's one time jails and the sight of public executions. In 1849 James Rush was the last person to be publicly dispatched from here. According to the information board 12,H00 came and watched this event. This information is only available during daylight. I have had to move this cache slightly due to muggle problems but final co-ordinates are still fine but you will have to look a bit harder. Have amended the clue. Congratulations Abominog on FTF Glad you enjoyed the tour
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Cbfg 1944
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