Greasby History - 'Nowt But Fields Traditional Cache

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Royal Oak: As the owner has not responded to my previous log requesting that they check this cache I am archiving it.

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Hidden : 3/12/2013
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1 out of 5

Size: Size: micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

A cache on the edge of old Greasby looking out over an area that was once "nothing but fields" but is now covered by modern Greasby.

Greasby History

The road you are looking at was first built between 1854 and 1868. Before then you were standing on the very outskirts of Greasby looking out over "nothing but fields". A map of 1831 shows a footpath to Upton on roughly the line of the current Greasby Road, but it's not there on the map of 1849 and it certainly wouldn't have been suitable for carts or such like. To get to Upton (and Birkenhead beyond) would mean travelling by what is now Arrowe Road.

You can see how much modern Greasby has grown to fill this space by overlaying a tithe map of 1849 on the modern Ordnance Survey map. Standing at the cache site in 1849 you have fields all around you. If you're facing the road, then just to your right is Greasby Common with the village of Greasby on the slightly higher ground beyond. To your left is the path to Upton.

Greasby in 1849

Between 1854 and 1868 the road in front of you was built on the footpath leading from Upton through to Greasby village. At the traffic lights to your right it turned into the village itself. It was financed by Thomas Royden at a cost of £435 7s 00d. The section from Upton to what is now Coronation Park was a 'turnpike' road - that is one that charged a toll.

The road bypassing Greasby village from the traffic lights down to the roundabout on Pump Lane was built in 1937 with only the difference in name (from Greasby Road on the Upton side of the junction to Frankby Road beyond) to indicate that this isn't the original layout.

Most of the information in this listing is taken from http://www.greasby.btck.co.uk/Lanesroads which is a great site for Greasby history and well worth reading. Thanks to Mike the site owner for permission to link to his site and repeat some of the information here.


Be aware that although the cache is on a path, it is next to a very busy road so please take care with children and pets.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Fvg qbja naq fnl "V pna erzrzore jura guvf jnf 'abjg ohg svryqf"

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
-------------------------
N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)


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