Gated Traditional Cache
Pyg-Wyg: Moved to East Anglia, Property now owned A N Other, I felt it propitious to archive this cache.
Please note Use of geocaching.com services is subject to the terms and conditions
in our disclaimer.
This is a cache n dash micro cache cunningly disguised. Please bring a pencil for the log. On street parking available. If you see Pyg-Wyg please say hello
Check the rear of the car there is a discoverable on the back windscreen. No one has noticed it yet.
This cache is on my own property but to access it there is no need to enter the gates. If the car is in the drive, please come and say hello to me and Erin the geopooch (who is a little shy at times) Bilborough is a suburb of Nottingham, lying north of the River Trent and north west of the City
It was once a small village and has two mentions in the Doomsday Book and two entries in the Magna Carta.
There were many ancient small coal pits in the parish. These were called "bell pits", named because of their shape, with a small short vertical shaft and a bell end, where coal was removed. It is recorded that the coal from the parish was used to finance the building of Wollaton Hall in the 1500s
[White's "Directory of Nottinghamshire," 1853] states;
"Bilborough is a small, pleasant village and parish 3½ miles west north west of Nottingham. It contains 255 inhabitants and 1098 acres of clay land, the whole of which belongs to James Thomas Edge Esq., except the Broxtow Hall estate, which is the property of Lord Middleton. The church is a small structure, with a tower and one bell. it is dedicated to St Martin, and is a rectory valued in the King's books at £3 12s 6d, and now £273. The Rev. William Topham Hobson M.A. is the rector, and resides at the rectory house, a handsome mansion built in 1842 at a cost of about £2,000.."
Bilborough expanded when the slums in the centre of Nottingham began to be cleared, the housing being made available to the colliers working at the Babbington Colliery Cinderhill (now Phoenix Park) Babbington colliery began in the 1840’s and ceased around 1983.
Although a small suburb, Bilborough has a great community spirit with two well supported community centres, the newest only being complete in 2011. The Harvey Haddon stadium a well known sports complex is also on the outskirts of Bilborough
Additional Hints
(Decrypt)
Nfcunyg
Treasures
You'll collect a digital Treasure from one of these collections when you find and log this geocache:
Loading Treasures