Tiptree's Jamming #5 Traditional Geocache
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35mm cache containing a small log book. Please bring a pen or pencil
This cache is part of a whole series of caches that I have placed around Tiptree, a large village in north Essex where I was born and grew up in. These caches are placed in special places to me and I hope that the many Geocachers that find any of these will be pleased by the sights and sounds around this lovely village. Von Keiller remembers this area around Tiptree’s Jamming 5 before the houses and nearby estate were built! Tiptree The theory behind the name Tiptree is that a Saxon named Tippa gave his/her name to a tree in the area we know as Tiptree. The Doomsday Book had no records of any settlement. It was mostly heath land. In the 17th century it was a dangerous area full of vagabonds and during the 18th century smuggled goods were brought up the Blackwater estuary and were hidden on the heath land. It is said that locals turned a blind eye to the activities. ‘If you wake at midnight, and hear a horse's feet, Don't go drawing back the blind, or looking in the street. Them that ask no questions isn't told a lie. Watch the wall, my darling, while the Gentlemen go by! Five and twenty ponies, Trotting through the dark -- Brandy for the Parson, 'Baccy for the Clerk; Laces for a lady, letters for a spy, And watch the wall, my darling, while the Gentlemen go by!’ Rudyard Kipling In 1971 Tiptree Heath was designated as a site of special scientific interest. There is now a charity set up to manage the area. Cattle now graze on the site at certain times of the year. Tiptree is now synonymous with jam. In 1757 John Wilkin came to Tiptree to be with his father in law William Goodman. Together with Goodman’s nephew, they started farming. The business was passed down to C. J. Wilkin and then onto A.C. Wilkin who was the founder of the firm still based in the village today. In 1841 a clerk in London by the name of John Mechi decided to buy some land and built a farmhouse (now known as Trewlands) in Tiptree. He decided to make good farm land out of the marshy wastes and brought with him new farming techniques. He is buried in St Luke’s church. A. C. Wilkin along with others brought the railway to Tiptree in 1904. The Kelvedon and Tollesbury Light railway also known as “the crab and winkle line” ran from Kelvedon to Tollesbury and carried produce and passengers to London. Unfortunately in 1951 British Rail withdrew the passenger service and the line eventually closed in 1962. The other large employer in Tiptree up until 1996 was Tiptree Book Services (TBS). Originally known as Anchor Press, one William Wilson opened up the small printing firm in 1900. There are now two main supermarkets, four primary schools, one secondary school and four churches serving a population of 11000.
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