In 1852 William Cooper set up his factory on the east side of Berkhamsted which was to become famous worldwide, producing sheep dip. With a new factory comes a new workforce and a number of new cottages, shops and small businesses were built on the land between the canal and the railway, along what is now George Street and Ellesmere Road to house the workforce. This newly developed area, which we know as Sunnyside, lay outside the urban district of Berkhamsted and consequently outside the parish of St Peter and so a new church was also built.
The land was donated by Earl Brownlow just to the north of the railway (where the Cedars flats now stand) and the first church was built. This was constructed of corrugated iron and became affectionately known, as the ‘Tin Tabernacle’. Plans were soon afoot for a new, ‘permanent’ church.
The Foundation Stone was laid on July 25th 1908 and the church was built out of flint construction, some of the flints being recycled from St. Peter's Church on Berkhamsted High Street which was being remodelled by Butterworth. On June 30th 1909, St Michael and All Angels, Parish Church of Sunnyside was opened.
The co-ordinates will take you to a white military memorial marker of Jean Mary Cains. Here you will find a six digit number, make a note of this as
2ABCDE
Next, look around for a bench memorial to the Revd. T A Hawes and read off the dates
19FG to 19HI
The cache can be found at
N 51° 45. D ( (A+B) - H ) E
W 000° 33. ((F x 3) – G) C I
This cache takes you near the railway but there is no need to traspass on the railway nor cross any barriers and to do so is extremely dangerous and silly so please don't even think about it!
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