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Church Micro 1524...Northill Multi-Cache

Hidden : 5/2/2015
Difficulty:
3 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

This cache is a revival of the original "Church Micro 1524...Northill" (GC2M05V) by GeocacheCat. The description of the church below is taken from this original cache.

Saint Mary's church is built of ironstone and Totternhoe clunch and dates from the 14th century. The church owns 6 bells, some of the oldest in Bedfordshire and the church contains a small museum which can be visited on request.


To find the cache, find the answers to the following clues and calculate the coordinates.

  • Clue 1: Nancy Joy's birthday is September ABth 19CD. Some people struggle with this one and assume that the information has weathered away on a gravestone. Please be reassured that Nancy Joy's information is very clear and legible, even from several metres away.
  • Clue 2: E = The number of hands on the clock on the church tower.
  • Clue 3: F= The number of round lychgate pillars at shoulder height (counting both sides of the lychgate).
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  • N.B. Clue 3 used to be "John Harvey's dates on the lychgate are 18FG - 18HJ" with a different decoding below to get the cache location. The dates were rather hard for some people to see so we changed the clue but you can still try and see John Harvey's dates if you want.

Cache is at N52 06.D(B-A)(A+F) W000 19.(F-D)(D+F-E)(B+C+D).

This location can also be used as the starting point for The Three Greens Walk series of caches (see here for the first cache in the series).

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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 at churchmicro@gmail.com.

See also the Church Micro Statistics and Home pages for further information about the series.
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Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Fgbar oruvaq cbfg juvpu vf oruvaq ebnq fvta bccbfvgr fbzrjurer jurer ubcf zvtug unir orra hfrq

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)