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The Village of Grenoside
The name Grenoside was first recorded in the C13th as ‘Gravenhou’ from the Anglo-Saxon word ‘graefan’ meaning a quarry, ‘o’ from the Old Norse ‘haugr’ meaning hill and the modern word ‘side’, altogether meaning a quarried hillside. In the C19th, quarrying was an important industry in the area. Woodland crafts, such as basket making and clog-sole making were also specialities, as well as light metal trades such as nail making, cutlery manufacture and file-cutting. Grenoside was also the birthplace and location of the Walker Brothers’ first foundry and steel furnace. They later operated iron and steel works at Masbrough. (Ecclesfield Parish Council)
As its name suggests, Main Road is one of the chief through-routes and boasts three of the village’s four churches/chapels, including St Mark’s, and three of six public houses, one being the former coaching inn for the old Sheffield to Huddersfield and Halifax turnpike road (now Woodhead Road). Other buildings, other than private dwellings, on Main Road include the Community Centre and a butcher’s which, until recently, had its own slaughter house. The Grenoside Sword Dancers have been established for over 150 years and traditionally perform in the street outside the public houses on Main Road on Boxing Day and are often joined by other Dance Troupes.
Greno Woods, on the edge of the village, is an important site of ancient woodland and is owned by the Sheffield Wildlife Trust. The Trust is currently undertaking a project to remove the conifer plantations introduced by the Forestry Commission in the 1950s and are returning the woods to traditional mixed woodland with the reintroduction of native woodland trees such as sweet chestnut, beech and oak.
St Mark’s Church
Records from 1822 show Grenoside was part of the Parish of Ecclesfield. It became a parish in its own right when the church was built in 1884. The present Priest-in-Charge is also vicar of St Saviour's Church, High Green. A former incumbent of the parish is the Reverend Mark Carey. He is the son of George Carey, who was Archbishop of Canterbury from 1991 to 2002.
Unlike many parish churches, St Mark's does not have a bell tower. It’s single bell is housed in an open belfry over the west end of the church.
The Cache
To find the cache you will have to do some research beforehand. You may find it useful to investigate St Mark’s website http://www.stmarksgrenoside.net/, However you will need to visit the given co-ordinates to answer at least one of the questions.
- a = How many spikes are there half way down the right hand gate?
- b = What is the third number of the Church postcode?
- c = What is the last digit of the year the church was built?
- d = How many big trees are in the grounds behind the church? (count carefully)
- e = How many windows are there in the front porch?
- f = How many steps are there down the side of the church to the new vestry?
- g = On which Friday of the month is Messy Church held?
- h = What is half the number of full ridge tiles on the lower section of the church roof?
The cache can be found at N53 PQ.RST W001 VW.XYZ, where
- P = a - g
- Q = c + e
- R = b - d
- S = e x g
- T = f - e - h
- V = d - c
- W = d + g
- X = f - e
- Y = a + c - g
- Z = h - g
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