St Andrews Church dates from the 13th Century, but various Norman moldings point to an even earlier building on this site. The church is built predominantly of flint with a bit of brick rubble thrown in. It is finished off with a thatched roof and a square tower. Internally it’s main features are it’s collection of monumental brasses and it’s carved 15th century bench ends at the rear of the church.
The church is sited away from the main village on what passes for the top of a hill around here and is surrounded by trees. There are 3 access paths to the church including a narrow track that you can drive a car up to within a few feet of the cache. However to enjoy your visit to the church (and Stokesby) to the fullest, I would recommend parking at the staithe (N 52 38.300 E 001 35.439) and walking along the well maintained grassy footpath that starts at (N 52 38.264 E 001 35.708). This probably gives you the best views of the church as you approach and takes you through the charming little churchyard. I like the contrast between the extremely well looked after area with the recent graves and the more unkempt wildlife refuge area in the older part of the graveyard. The cache itself is outside the churchyard and not in or around the wall or the new hedging.
“If anybody would like to expand to this series please do, I would just ask that you could let Sadexploration know first at churchmicro@gmail.com so he can keep track of the Church numbers and names to avoid duplication.
There is also a Church Micro Stats & Information page found via the Bookmark list”
congratulations to rabbit47 on the FTF