Church Micro 3622 Calverton-St Wilfrid Traditional Cache

This cache has been archived.

dixiedean1: Another cache I adopted on the 21st August and this container has gone missing twice since then, some body doesn't like a cache being hidden here. I am not going to continue to maintain this cache so it's time to archive.

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Hidden : 4/23/2013
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size: micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

Part of the Church Micro series administered by Sadexploration, this is currently a micro sized cache.
 

Please bring your own pen/cil and replace accordingly.

This is a built up area - please make appropriate allowances.

ST. WILFRID'S, CALVERTON


 

St Wilfrid’s is a thirteenth century church in Early English style and has carvings from the 12th century.

The nave and the tower were largely rebuilt in 1760-3 using the old stone. The chancel was rebuilt about 1835, and the whole was restored about 1881.

Two additional bells were added to the original four in 1997-8 to commemorate the turn of the millennium. Major works have been carried out inside the church in the early 21st century.

Calverton is a rural village about eight miles north of Nottingham, but its main claim to fame is as the home of William Lee, inventor of the stocking frame in the sixteenth century.

The William Lee Annexe (1962) in the church commemorates his role, as does one of the windows in the church.

More recently the village grew with the opening in 1952 of the colliery, where mining took place until 1999. Many local people now commute into Nottingham.

Domesday Book records that in 1086 Calverton had a church and a priest. Nothing for certain remains of this Saxon Church, but it was probably on the same site because the solid sandstone is close to the surface, making an excellent foundation for a large building. The local sandstone is one of the chief building materials.

The Norman piers supporting the chancel arch are the oldest standing parts of the present building. They probably date from before 1160.

The Norman church was probably not much, if at all, wider than the present tower but when the round Roman Chancel arch was replaced in the 13th century by the present early English pointed arch, the nave and chancel were probably both enlarged to the north, the north pier being moved to support the wider span: the south pier which would have been close to the nave wall, was left in place.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Hfr fgrnygu ohg qba'g trg obneq

Decryption Key

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

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)


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