Church Micro 1251…Ashby Traditional Cache
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Also known as Ashby and Lound Circular Walk Two.
You’re looking for a camouflaged micro placed within reach of the footpath, no need to go into the church yard.
St Mary's is a flint church with a long nave and chancel in one, covered with a thatched roof, and a round W tower. The tower is, in fact, only round for about 3m at the base; above this it is octagonal. The lower part has a pointed 13thc. W lancet, and the tower arch is an 18thc. Gothic construction with an ogee head. The upper section of the tower has brick quoins, tall brick bell-openings, and a brick embattled parapet. The nave and chancel are 13thc. to judge from the plain lancets in both, the doorways and the piscina. Y-tracery and Perpendicular windows have been added. There is no chancel arch. The church has largely escaped restoration beyond repairs when necessary. There were extensive repairs to the tower in 1924, and restoration of the tower roof and the bell chamber in 1957. The most recent of these came in 1987 when the hurricane of 16th October caused such damage to the roof that re-thatching and recapping of the entire roof was needed. The work was complete by May 1989. The only Romanesque sculpture is the Purbeck font.
If anybody would like to expand 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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