Church Micro 6078... Lower Halstow Multi-Cache

This is a nice simple multi but final GZ is a little way off because of the number of caches around the church. The co-ordinates given are for the front of the church and do not necessarily indicate where to find any of the clue items.

Please only visit this cache during daylight hours and be respectful of other users of the area.

St Margaret of Antioch, Lower Halstow, is one of six churches which together make up ‘The Six’ a group of Anglican parishes in North Kent

St Margaret of Antioch is a much loved and well used 11th century village Church full of history, situated on the banks of the river Medway. The ancient font has been in use for over 8oo years, and still in regular use today. Some wall paintings and other item of historical significance. A history of the village and church are available in the church.

Here is a church which really shows its Saxon origins, the south chancel wall displaying the tell-tale herringbone masonry executed in part in salvaged Roman tile. The chancel arch and north and south arcades date from the thirteenth century and are simple cut-throughs, with plain piers between. The chancel has internal wall arcading with Bethersden marble shafts. Above the chancel arch hangs a George III Royal Arms while below it can be seen the notches where the rood beam was originally supported. The metal font - of twelfth-century date - is of cast lead with a king and an angel on each of its ten sides. It was discovered in 1921 hidden under plaster. There are the remains of some unclear fourteenth-century wall paintings and a very interesting piece of graffiti - a Persian beast with the head of a man, body of a lion, mane of quills and sting of a scorpion! This can be found on the south nave arcade.

The final cache location can be found at

N 51º 22.ABA

E 0º 39.CDC

A = how many characters are there in the stained glass windows on the south side

B = second digit of the first year on the front of church cottage

C = medway barge sailing match committee chairman W F A DAVIS, how long did he serve, add the 2 digits together

D = what number appears 3 times on the W F A DAVIS plaque

At the final GZ please do not remove the cache container, log can be extracted with it in place.

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