Technically a chapel of ease rather than a church, St Peter la Rocque was constructed during the mid-19th century. The cost was paid for by the then Rector of Grouville, the Rev. Abraham Le Sueur, who had come into an inheritance and who funded many initiatives for the benefit of the poor of the Parish, including a school (now the Parish Hall) and an orphanage. One initiative to build the chapel was to encourage the community around La Rocque, consisting mostly of fishing families, to attend an Anglican church rather than the recently opened Methodist chapel on the coast road nearby. The parish church, all of 1.5 miles away from La Rocque harbour, was clearly thought to be too far to travel for fishermen dependent upon the tides for their living.
The land for St Peter la Rocque was donated by a Miss Filleul, who lived opposite, and the Rev. Le Sueur shrewdly enlisted the services of the fishing community in constructing the chapel, particularly the wooden floor, the panelling and pews, in exchange for the promise to pay for an extension to the harbour at La Rocque. The woodwork was largely carried out during the winter months, when fishing trips to the Minquiers, an offshore reef south of Jersey, ceased due to the weather, and so was not too inconvenient for those engaged in it.
Over the winter of 2012-3, the chapel was shrouded in scaffolding and plastic sheeting, while the roof was repaired and other extensive refurbishment was carried out. St Peter la Rocque was rededicated after this work on 30 June 2013.
The published co-ordinates are for a gate into an orchard planted with trees donated by members of the congregation. The original calculation for the final co-ordinates involved taking information from a notice on the board just inside the orchard, but the sun has bleached the ink and this is no longer legible. Instead, look on the gate for a small metal plate giving a 10-digit telephone number for Jacksons Fencing. Let this number be abcd efghij.
The cache can be found a short distance away at
N. e (b+f)° f c . (j–f) (i–h) (e+f+g)
W. d (e-g) (b/i)° a (b/e) . (g-j) (j-h) (h+j).
The checksum for the full final co-ordinates is 37.
The cache is close by. It is a tricky hide, especially when summer vegetation obscures the hiding place. Good hunting!
If anybody would like to expand to this series please do, I would just ask that you could let Sadexploration know first so he can keep track of the Church numbers and names to avoid duplication.