Church Micro 6356...Girsby Multi-Cache

A simple offset multi requiring a visit to the churchyard to find a very visible memorial. The co-ordinates given provide a good parking place on a narrow lane. The cache is a micro situated a short distance away.

You will need to take your own writing implement.

Although Girsby parish lies entirely within the old North Riding of Yorkshire it was originally part of the manor of Sockburn, which is in County Durham. Since it lies south of the river, although north of Sockburn, it is a Yorkshire church.

HISTORY

"The village of Girsby, which lies rather less than a mile to the north-east of Sockburn, is reached by Girsby Bridge. On the bank of the river near the bridge is the parish church, which was built by the late Mr. Henry Collingwood Blackett and the Master of Sherburn to replace the old building near Sockburn Hall. The modern church, though on the Girsby side of the river, is still in Sockburn township. The village of Girsby is very small and the only house of importance is Girsby Grange, the residence of the vicar."

"The new church at Girsby is an uninteresting building with round-headed windows. It contains two small bells, evidently from Sockburn, one of which is inscribed in Lombardic letters 'Sancta Maria ora pro nobis.' The other is dated 1770.

"The plate consists of a chalice of 1742, made by Isaac Cookson of Newcastle, and a set of two chalices, two patens, a flagon and an almsdish presented under the will of Robert Henry Allan of Blackwell Hall, Darlington, in 1889. There is also a pewter paten and flagon, the latter inscribed 'Sokburn 1746, Thos Moncaster Church-warden.'

"The registers begin in 1588."

The Cache

You will need to find the memorial to Henry Kenneth Douglas EVANS MC:-
He was born AB March 18CD.
He died E0 October 19FG.

You will find the cache at:-