Here we have another fine church for the micro series.
West Row has some fine old houses, the main street through the village curves a lot and changes name some 6 times or so.
The Mildenhall Treasure, a major hoard of highly decorated Roman silver tableware from the fourth-century AD, was discovered in West Row. The hoard was discovered by farmer Gordon Butcher while ploughing in January 1942. He did not recognize the objects for what they were, and the hoard did not come to the attention of the authorities until 1946. An inquest was held in the summer of 1967, when the find was declared treasure trove and acquired by the British Museum in London.
West Row is the largest of the Mildenhall settlements. These hamlets were hotbeds of non-conformity, and West Row had a Methodist church and a Baptist church. The few Anglicans had to go all the way into Mildenhall to attend divine service at St. Marys, so in 1875 the village school was extended and converted into a church. The school had been built 25 years earlier as a National School, but soon turned out to be too small. It constituted the nave of the new building.
Nowadays, it is hard to see the difference in age. Triple lancets were put in at both ends, those at the west end being a bit grander than those at the east. The west end ones contain a fine window which deserves to be better known, it remembers the son of a curate who died saving someone from drowning.
Unusually for a Victorian church there is a graveyard. On the other side of the air base you'll find the same thing at Beck Row. Non-conformism still thrives in West Row; there is a busy modern baptist church nearer to the village centre. This may also explain the low church character of St Peter. But in any case the local Anglicans are to be congratulated on keeping most of their churches open.
To find the location of the cache, you will need to look for the answers to the questions below to get the co-ords.
You won't need to stomp about as all the answers are within easy view.
You can rest courtesy of Derek C Hunt while you input your final co-ords, then it’s off for a short walk along the footpath.
1) Derek Charles Hunt died AB feb 2002
2) Norman Kipping died CD aug 1991
3) Derek Stuart Hoare 19EF - 1971
4) Entrance porch built 18GH
5) Hilda Quinn died I jan 1988
FINAL COORDINATES N 52 AB.0CD E 000 EF.GHI
N 52 _ _.0_ _ E 000 _ _ ._ _ _
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After you have done this one why not take a short walk to another of my caches, "dog walkers way" GC4ZEPM