Church Micro 3593…Little Milton Traditional Cache
Church Micro 3593…Little Milton
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At the north end of the village of Little Milton is the village shop and post office which opened in a new timber building in 2009. Behind the shop and post office there is a playing field and a play area for the young. With parking spaces at a premium in the village (particularly at evenings, weekends and school run times), the car park here is the best place to stop (51˚42.404 N 1˚06.201), it is an easy few minutes walk to all other parts of the village from here.
St James' Church in Little Milton was built in 1844 by John Hayward of Exeter, who also designed the Albert Museum in Exeter and the Hall in the Chapel Quad Pembroke College, Oxford. Set on high ground the church commands a fine view over the surrounding landscape. The church design is a 14th century style with a single nave and chancel under one roof. The oldest feature is the drain of a medieval piscine from the former chapel. The stained glass windows were produced between 1853 and 1869.
The church has a peal of six bells which were cast in 1867 and a sanctus bell of 1832. In 1999 the six bells were retuned and rehung with new fittings within the original bell frame in time to ring in the new Millennium.
The cache is not located within the church grounds but can be found by using the path that runs alongside the church and the green lane behind the church. It is camouflaged and tricky to find, but in the open for all to see, if you have your caching eyes in! Please don't remove or tamper with the dry stones in the wall, some of them are fragile.
If anybody would like to expand to this Church Micro series, please do. We would just ask that you let sadexploration know first so that he can keep a track of the church numbers, and names to avoid duplication.
For full information go to http://www.geocaching.com/profile/?id=275067 and read the "Place your own Church Micro" page http://www.15ddv.me.uk/geo/cm/place_your_own.html before you contact him.
See also the Church Micro Statistics page http://www.15ddv.me.uk/geo/cm/cm.html and Home page http://www.15ddv.me.uk/geo/cm/index.html for further information about the series.
Congratulations to Go catch, for the persistence and determination to get the FTF.
Additional Hints
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