Church Micro 860...Bepton Multi-Cache
Church Micro 860...Bepton
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A stroll around Bepton Church, St Mary's. The final cache is a short walk away. You are looking for a magnetic nano. BYOP TWEEZERS NEEDED
A multi cache which takes you around the churchyard. The final Coordinates will be N 50 57.ABC W 000 46.DEF At the given coordinates you will find a gate. How many LETTERS in the MONTH = A
moving onto N 50 57.456 W 000 47.046 you will find an unusual shaped gravestone that has etched into it "An English Physio & German P.O.W" There is a name on the back "????y"
VALUE OF 1ST LETTER - 1 = B NUMBER LETTERS IN THE NAME + 3 = C
Moving to the porch of church there is a wooden plaque/board. Using the DATE...
D = 2nd digit, E = 4th digit F = 3rd digit
“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 &am p; Information page found via the Bookmark list” https://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/images/5/5f/Bepton_St_Mary_Sussex.jpg Nestled below the South downs surrounded by farmland lies St Mary’s Church, which originally was built by the Normans between 1180 and 1185 on the site as a much older Saxon wooden church also mentioned in Domesday Book – unfortunately no traces of the older church remain. It was rebuilt in the 13th century and has had other restorations added on over the centuries. The Church has two bells, one inscribed “Praise the Lord”, hung in 1589, the other inscribed “Gloria in Excelsis” and hung in 1636. St Mary’s Church is Grade I listed. Bepton was still referred to as ‘Babintone’ in the Domesday Book of 1086, but over the years the spelling gradually changed to ‘Babinton’, ‘Bebbington’, ‘Bebiton’, ‘Beyton’, and, finally, in 1567, to Bepton. In 1568 the Manor of Bepton was sold by Henry Joscelyn to Anthony Browne, Vicount Montague, thus making it part of the Cowdray Estate. In 1908, Sir Weetman Dickson Pearson purchased the Cowdray Estate. In 1910 he was created Baron Cowdray of Midhurst and, in 1917, he was elevated to Viscount Cowdray. Much of the village has remained in the ownership of the Cowdray Estate ever since and the tell-tale yellow paint of many of the doors and windows in Bepton shows how prevalent the Cowdray influence still is today here.
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