Long Marston is a small village to the north of Tring in Hertfordshire, in the Tring Rural parish council area. It is located roughly 5 miles east of Aylesbury and 11 miles north-west of Hemel Hempstead
The name of the village is likely to derive from 'Mershton', literally Marsh Farm, a reference to its propensity for flooding . By 1751 this had developed into the name Long Marcon
The original church of Long Marston was to the west of the village, at the end of Chapel Lane and was pulled down except for it's embattled tower, in 1883. The church probably dates back to the twelfth century but when it was pulled down the oldest remaining part was from the 14th century consisting of a Nave, Chancel, south porch and west Tower. When originally built the church had a high-pitched roof but this was changed during repairs in the 16th century to a flat pitched one when the final stage of the tower was also built. The tower housed three bells. In 1881 architects recommended that the site should be abandoned, as the church was in a dangerous state due to use of unseasoned oak in the roof and saturation of the foundations by water from lack of gutters and the moat on the northern side.
The present church was built on the north side of the village at a cost of £4000, on land given by the then lord of the manor, Lord Rothschild and the new building was built of stone in a Gothic style, using parts of the old church, including in the north aisle, fifteenth-century piscine and two fourteenth-century windows. The clustered columns, high molded bases and organ came from Tring Church. The Victorians replaced the columns at Tring church as they considered that they were not strong enough.
The new church was consecrated in 1883 but was left unfinished until 1888 due to lack of funds.
The cache can be found at N51 50.abc W00 42.def
Find the tree planted in memory of Katherine Elizabeth Severs not far from the church
d7 month 1xcb – db month 1xxx
convert b,c and d to numbers
How many ‘8’s are there ? the answer is a
How many letters are there in the second month 'e'
Finally f equals x minus 1
The cache is a short walk away.
There is limited on street parking near the church, it would be better to park in the centre of the village
Congratulations to happy_hunter_hp20 and Smokeypugs on joint FTF.
“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.
There is also a Church Micro Stats & Information page found via the Bookmark list”