The Parish Church of St Mary and St Nicholas, Compton is a grade 2 listed building of knapped flint and tiled roofs. There has been a church on this time since before the Norman Conquest but present church was largely built in 1850/51 by William Brown of Reading after the original building had been declared unsafe in 1849. Brown is said to have copied the style of the original church and he reused materials from the condemned church. The lower part of the tower however dates from the 13th century, with the upper stage being added in the early 17th century. The north aisle was built in 1905. The font dates from the 12th century.
Car parking is available on the street in front of the church.
At the published coordinates you need to find the grave of Mary and John Brown. Mary died on 5/7/1850 aged AB. John died aged 76 on C/11/DEFG. Behind you is the war memorial. You need to count the number of men from the village who lost their lives during WW2. Call this number H.
The cache is a 50 ml tube that contains a log only and can be found at:
N51 30.B H(A+F-G)
W001 14.(A+D)(E-D)(G-C)
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