Blackwater #1 Hawley Hotel Traditional Cache
Blackwater #1 Hawley Hotel
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A circular route of 11 urban caches looking at the history of Blackwater including a multi that can be picked up enroute. 1 extra cache is a drive by further along the A30. There are a number of busy roads to cross so please be careful. Also lots of muggles around so take care when retrieving/placing caches back. DONT FORGET TO PICK UP THE ANSWERS AS YOU GO ALONG TO ENABLE YOU TO PICK UP THE MULTI @ Number 11
This is part of the History of Blackwater series of caches. I have lived here all of my life and have found it interesting delving into the past stories of the town. There are over a thousand years of history surrounding the river crossing at Blackwater, known as Brydrs Ford (Brides Ford) from the Crondall Hundred survey of 973-974 AD
A large amount of the local information on these cache pages is from a brilliant book called “I Remember, You Remember” by Nora Hough which is sadly out of print now but available to borrow from local libraries.
The main cache route is circular and can all be done on bike/foot. It is approximately 2 miles long and whilst doing the caches you can collect the clues for the multi. There are a few main roads to cross so please be careful.
Many of the cache locations are busy with muggles, especially during rush hour so be careful!
Hawley Hill house was built in the middle of the 1800’s and was occupied by Henry Randell (brother of Reverend John Randall who set up the Almshouses near here).
In 1895 General Sir Richard Harrison http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Harrison_%28British_Army_officer%29 bought the house and took a great interest in the village.
There was a fire in 1902 and the house was almost totally destroyed Sir Richard sold the site to Laurence Currie and it was later rebuilt. During WWII the house was used as a nursery for babies and young children.
After the war, the house changed hands and then became a hotel. This was later demolished to make way for the Hawley Hill housing estate which was built by Charles Church in the 1980’s
Please replace and hide the box carefully thanks.
CONGRATULATIONS ON THE FTF - REGGIECAT :)
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