Blackwater #9 Frogmore Park House Traditional Cache
Professor Xavier: As the owner has not responded to my previous log requesting that they check this cache I am archiving it. Please note that as this cache has now been archived by a reviewer or HQ staff it will NOT be unarchived.
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Ed
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Blackwater #9 Frogmore Park House
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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.
This is part of the History of Blackwater series of caches. I have lived here all 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. 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!
In 1860 Wilkie_Collins visited this house. Apparently he wrote his novel The Woman in White based on his stay at the house, and the rumour that a ghost haunted it.
If you go through the alleyway near the cache location between the 2 houses then you can see the pond which was originally used as a boating lake and was part of the extensive grounds. Nowadays my sons love to visit here to feed the ducks. Entrance to the alleyway is at N51 19.866 W000 47.092
A previous resident was Admiral Sir Charles Denniston Burney who invented the paravane and also worked on airships and a rain making machine.
The area the cache is hidden in is called Muddy lane
As a number of people seem to have got a little lost going from #8 to this cache I will give you a pointer. Carry on from Haunted Post, walk past Tesco Express then past the petrol station and then turn immediately right down the footpath which runs down the back of the petrol station/tesco.
CONGRATULATIONS ON THE FTF - REGGIECAT :)
Additional Hints
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