This is a short multi cache around St. Mary's Church, Barton Mills. All the answers are easily visible without grave stomping . The cache is wheelchair and buggy friendly to within a few meters of the cache. You can park in the side road or in the church carpark to the left of the church as you look at it. Please respect other users of the Church and Graveyard. The start co-ordinates get you to the Church Gate and from there your quest begins
Start at N52 20.121 - E000 31.136
Finish at N52 AB.1CD - E000 EF.0GH
The first is on the Board outside the church 19CD - Football Club Reformed
The second is just off to the right Violet May Webb’s daughter Jennifer died 26th Feb 1GH1
The third is Susan Hockley died May ABth 1892
And finally the water has been provided by Harry Pasley Wimhurst who fell asleep EFst July 1962 aged 84
St Mary’s Church, Barton Mills
This rather lovely open church has been updated and renovated many times over the years by the Church Trust.
The Church was left a statue of the madonna and child, and this was sold to fund the beautiful porch doors. There is a mural of Christ the Good Shepherd above the chancel arch. It is by Sir George Gilbert Scott, and is part of a major renovation the church underwent in the last years of the 19th century. At this time, the nave was repaved, and under the old flooring were found hundreds of fragments of medieval glass. Of great interest are a set of what appear to be dragons - these have been reset in their original places in the south and north aisles.
There is an amazing 14th century oak chest at the west end of the south aisle; it was hollowed out of a single trunk of wood. The font is contemporary with it, a good one, and all in all this is a splendid little church, its aisles and clerestory filling it with light, but not disguising that it is pleasantly homely.
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“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”
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