Number 183 in the series is St Andrews in Burgess Hill
The current building dates back to 1903 and included a tower in the original design, but this was never built. The history of St. Andrews dates back to 1885, when the growing town of Burgess Hill meant that some areas were outside the influence of St. John's in the centre of the town.
In the 1890's, Sampson Copestake, a builder and brick manufacturer wished to build a church, in addition to a number of mansions and a school he had already built in Burgess Hill. The school was at the far end (Ditchling) of Folders Lane and Copestake proposed to build a church in this area, however the vicar or Ditchling opposed the idea, being within the Ditchling Parish.
Copestake had another schoolroom in Cants Lane, and he provided the site for a new church here. The St John's clergy were convinced of the need for an additional place of worship in the town, and in 1898 the first services in St Andrew's district were held in the Cants Lane schoolroom.
In 1899, thought was given to a more suitable building, and under the guidance of W.R. Tindal-Atkinson (the new curate of St John's, with special responsibility for St Andrew's) a corrugated iron building was purchased second-hand from Bromley-by-Bow in East London.
This building was further enlarged in 1900 with a basement and sanctuary. Due to the heat in the summer, it became known as the 'tin oven', and acted as a church until 1908.
Construction on the present building started in 1903. The original plans included a tower and a chancel, but due to cost were to be added at a later date. The building was completed in 1908, but the tower was never built. The chancel was built to a new design in 1924 and the 'tin oven' became the church hall until it was destroyed by fire in 1959.
The cache
Locate Henry Samuel Burt
Find the date he passed away and translate to the form dd/mm/yyyy = AB/CD/EFGH
How old was he? = JK
The cache is a short walk away and located at N 50 57.B(A+E)D W 000 07.(H-G)(F-E)J
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