Kelly's Directory of 1923 describes Cold Ashton as a parish and village, on the Bath and Gloucester road, near the London and Bristol road, and bounded on the south by Somersetshire, 5½ miles north from Bath, 10 east from Bristol and 8 south from Chipping Sodbury. The church of the Holy Trinity is "an ancient building of stone in the Perpendicular style, consisting of chancel, clerestoried nave of three bays, south porch and an embattled western tower, with pinnacles, containing 2 bells".
There is a mural brass in the chancel, with a Latin inscription of six lines to Thomas Key, rector and builder of the church, c.1500, and a brass tablet on which are inscribed the names of the rectors of the parish from the 12th century. There is a hagioscope on the south side of the chancel arch, and on the opposite side is the entrance to the ancient rood loft, with a spiral staircase. The carved oak pulpit, in which it is said Bishop Latimer preached, is richly moulded, and has a canopy with crocketed finials. The parish registers of baptisms and burials date from 1734. The living was then a rectory, in the gift of, and held since 1915 by the Rev. Charles Arthur Williams M.A. of Trinity College, Dublin.
The parish also includes the hamlets of Pennysylvania, Hamswell and Nimlet.
To find this cache you will need to find the following information:
N51 2B.A5B
W002 21.CD0
If you take a walk up to the church yard you will need to find -
Charles Gunning of the city of Bath died April 13th AB96.
Elijah Hinton died aged CD.
The final cache location is within a couple of hundred metres of the church and nis a fairly easy find . The views from the roads around this area are magnificent and it is well worth spending some time up here on a nice day.
Please replace as found and try to ensure it is hidden from view.
Congratulations go to pljg for a well deserved First To Find !!!
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