The Church of St Michael and All Angels was a Chapel Royal - known as a Royal Peculiar - until the 1850s. Until the Reformation, the church and its lands were managed by a College of Canons - a small monastery. The tower was built in the 1480s but the chancel certainly dates from the 1200s.
The interior was restructured during the 1880s when Cecil Littleton, the son of Lord Hatherton, was vicar.
It is a large Parish church, which reflects the wealth of the area when it was built in medieval times.
There are interesting Littleton tombs inside the church, which are worth visiting.
Free parking can be found very close to the cache site, in St Michael's Square. Please be aware that the area is likely to busy and muggle-rich on market days, i.e. Wednesdays and Saturdays.
The names of the fallen from this village are inscribed on seven panels on the war memorial. Look at the central panel and find the name below Bernard Meeson. That name holds all the information you need to find the cache.
A = the number of letters following I in his name
B = the number times letter F appears
C = the number of times P appears
D = the number of letters in the surmane
E = the number of letters in the first name
F = the number of times G appears
The cache can be found at N52º43.ABC W002º06.DEF
The cache is located a short distance away. Please replace it carefully.
If anybody would like to expand 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”