Church Micro 5139...East Budleigh Traditional Cache

All Saints Church in East Budleigh stands at the highest point of the village on a hillock of land at the top of High Street.
No records exist of its beginnings, but Saxon stonework found embedded in the walls indicates that it has stood in this location for at least 1000 years.
Probably the most famous worshipper at this Church was Sir Walter Raleigh, who lived nearby and whose father was a church-warden here.
 

Inside the Church there are sixty superb carved bench-ends from the early 16th Century, which are among the oldest in England. The Raleigh family bench-ends, dated 1537, and the pew where Raleigh worshipped as a boy, are situated second on the North (left) side of the Nave.
Also to be seen inside are a portrait of Sir Walter and a shield of HMS Raleigh, which keeps close links with the Church.

On 1st November each year, by tradition children stand under the tower of All Saints Church to catch buns thrown down by the Vicar.

The cache is hidden just outside the Church grounds on a busy narrow lane. Please do not block the road entrance nearby.
There is a free car-park at N 50 39.357  W 003 19.391 with direct access to the Church. Take a short walk through the grounds and exit by the gate opposite the cache – but beware you exit straight onto the road.

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