Church Micro 6508...Bishop Monkton Multi-Cache
Hidden : 10/4/2014
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
1 out of 5

Size: Size: micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

A simple multi in the lovely village of Bishop Monkton. Parking isn't plentiful so please be considerate where you leave the car.

church

The first written reference to the village of Bishop Monkton dates from 1030 and in 1086 it was identified in the Domesday Book as part of the manor of Ripon.
In 1354 a Chapel of Ease dedicated to St Mary and St Helen was built by the villagers, on or near the site of the current church. It was known simply as St Helen's Chapel.
References to the use of the Chapel continue through the next five centuries although documents from 1608 suggest the fabric was deteriorating. However, nothing was done until 1822 when a simple new chapel was finally built and dedicated to St John the Evangelist. An illustration hanging in the vestry shows the building was a simple square structure with two windows on each side and a simple door.
Bishop Monkton became a parish in its own right in 1865 having previously been part of the old Parish of Ripon and the village continued to flourish.
A little more than 50 years after the 1822 chapel was built, plans were made to demolish it and replace it with a substantial new church. G. Hodgson Fowler was engaged to draw up plans for a church with both steeple and porch in the early English style using limestone.
The current church consists of chancel, nave, organ chamber, two vestries, a 50 ft western tower and a lychgate.
A lychgate is a covered gateway found at the entrance to a traditional English churchyard. In the Middle Ages before a funeral the body was placed there before the service and then placed into the grave.
It is now a Grade II listed building.

To find this cache first find a memorial to John Butterfields family = ABCD EFGH
The number of fallen in WW1=J
The number of fallen in WW11=K

The cache is located at
N54 05.(J-K) G (J+A)
W001 29. (J+k) C (C+K)

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Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Ab fvta bs vg urer

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)


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