Note: The above co-ordinates are for the church gate and not the cache itself.

Christ Church, Burntwood

Church History

(from http://christchurchburntwood.org.uk/history.html) where more detail of the church interior can be found.

The Church was consecrated by the Bishop of Chester in June 1820. Building had started in 1819 and is on land given by the Marquess of Anglesey and Sir Robert Peel. (Sir Robert Peel was member of Parliament for Tamworth and twice Prime Minister). (Originally the area of Pipe, Edial, Woodhouses and. Burntwood was part of the Parish of St Michael on Greenhill, Lichfield)

Visitors will firstly note the magnificent west doors, believed to be original. The huge nails which have been used are indicative of Burntwood having been a nail making area due to the plentiful supply of charcoal and iron ore. (Nail making was very much a cottage industry, and should the visitor wish to, enter the churchyard, will find there several nail stones of different sizes).

Church Micro Series

I have enjoyed a number of caches in this series in other parts of the country and there are still relatively few in Staffordshire. Hopefully the caches that we place will encourage other Staffordshire-based CO's to contribute to the world's largest series. If anybody would like to expand to this series please do, I would just ask that you could let Sadexploration know first so he can keep track of the Church numbers and names to avoid duplication.

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For full information on how you can expand the Church Micro series by sadexploration please read the Place your own Church Micro page before you contact him.

See also the Church Micro Statistics and Home pages for further information about the series.
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The Cache

The cache is not in the church grounds.

Year ABCD is carved into the stone above the nearest church door to the porch.

The blue plaque shows that the church was opened in year EFGH.

Leave the churchyard and turn right. At what age did Jabez Edwards die?  JK

The cache can be found at:

N 052 40.(F-G)D(K+1)              W 001  53.(B-2)(J+1)(D-E)