Church Micro 3426 East Bridgford Traditional Cache
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Church Micro 3426 East Bridgford
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Part of the Church Micro Series administered by Sadexploration.
The cache is situated on the roadside opposite the church, it is not on private land, but please park sensibly and be aware of other road users.
Please retrieve and replace cache carefully. Bring your own pen/cil.
Earliest core fabric is probably C11-12th
Main upstanding walls C13-14th
Tower principally rebuilt 1778
East Bridgford lies on the southern bank of the River Trent, more or less opposite the village of Gunthorpe. It is on the Trent Valley Way.
"East Bridgford, or Bridgeford on the Hill, is a large and well built village, on the summit of a precipitous bank, that rises on the south side of the Trent, opposite Gunthorpe Ferry. There are a couple of lovely pubs in the village and there are a number of other Geocaches, the East Bridgford series, and the View of Kneeton Spire (VOKS) series
ST PETER'S EAST BRIDGFORD
The site of St Peter’s has been a place for worship for 1300 years, and a Saxon church is mentioned in Domesday. This church apparently survived until the thirteenth century as there is no architectural evidence of Saxon or Norman building. In the thirteenth century the church was entirely rebuilt with aid from the Chapter of Rouen Cathedral. The chancel is the only remaining feature of this rebuild.
The fourteenth century saw the enlargement of the nave undertaken by the Caltofts and the founding of a chantry by William Dayncourt. Further work in the nave was undertaken by the addition of clerestory windows in the fifteenth century. No work was done on the fabric after the fifteenth century, and by the later part of the eighteenth century it was very dilapidated, so much so that in 1778 the tower was rebuilt and the roof replaced.
New windows were put in the chancel in 1862, and in 1901 a two-stage restoration under C E Ponting, FSA was started, and completed in 1914.
If anybody would like to expand to the Church Micro 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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BAR BS GUERR - ORUVAQ TERL
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