Church Micro 3319 Scarrington-St John' Traditional Cache
Church Micro 3319 Scarrington-St John'
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Part of the Church Micro series, although this is currently a nano sized cache. Please bring your own pen/cil and replace accordingly.
Thanks to Sadexploration for formalising the church micro series and to Roger Rabbit for placing some Church micros locally.
This Church micro is in the lovely village of Scarrington, the cache is placed adjacent to the village Pinfold, the World renowned Horseshoe stack and the church. There is an information board at the cache site.
ST. JOHN OF BEVERLEY CHURCH SCARRINGTON
SCARRINGTON HORSESHOES
There are no records as to when the church was built, and there is no mention of it in the Domesday Book, but from the nailhead carvings on two pillars, and the wooden carving over the organ, it is thought to be 13th or 14th Century.
Anciently Scarrington was a chapelry of Orston and remained so until 1867 when it was detached, together with Aslockton, from Whatton, and the two together formed a new ecclesiastical parish; as had been recommended for Scarrington 217 years earlier by the Parliamentary Commissioners! However, in 1910 Aslockton returned to Whatton, and Scarrington was put with Hawksworth.
The church of St. John of Beverley was repaired and partly rebuilt at the beginning of the 19th century at a cost of £300. In 1866 it was described as consisting of tower and spire, nave and chancel only, the south aisle having been removed and the south arcade walled up with bricks in 1802. There was no chancel arch and the roof had a ceiling. In 1867 the church was enlarged, the south aisle replaced, new windows inserted, the ceiling removed, the roofs re-tiled, and the old pews replaced. The tower and spire were rebuilt in 1790, and then repaired in 1896 at a cost of £500. The roofs were again re-tiled in 1956, and the tower repaired again in 1960.
Under the tower is a restoration Font dated about 1662. The design on the bowl is similar to that In Sibthorpe (1662), and Southwell Minster (1661), the latter being made by William Balme of Mansfield. The original Font, now in the South East corner, was reputed to have been lost after having been thrown out by Cromwell's troops; it was recovered in 1900 after having been used as a pump trough for many years!
An ex-Trinity House buoy bell has been installed as the treble of the ring of six bells. Scarrington is the fourth church to have a former buoy bell hung as part of a ring of bells.
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
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(Decrypt)
Gnxr abgvpr bs lbhe fheebhaqvatf, unir lbh yrsg nalguvat?
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