Church Micro 7870 ..... Nettleden Multi-Cache
Church Micro 7870 ..... Nettleden
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A simple multi. Park alongside the church wall . GZ is a short walk away and there is no parking immediately adjacent to the rail head so leave your car here. This is a very small hamlet where strangers will be noticed . For this reason do not attempt this cache after dark.
The church of St Lawrence at Nettleden was first mentioned in 1285 when it became a part of the endowment of Ashridge Monastery. The church, except for the tower, was largely rebuilt in brick by John, earl of Bridgewater in 1811. Until 1895 it was a chapelry of Pitstone.
The village name of Nettleden is Anglo Saxon in origin, and means 'valley where nettles grow'. In manorial records of the late Twelfth century the village was recorded as Neteleydene. Anciently the village was a hamlet in the parish of Pitstone in Buckinghamshire, though the boundary of the hamlet was surrounded by the county of Hertfordshire. Nettleden was transferred from Buckinghamshire to Hertfordshire, and made a parish in its own right, in 1895.
Look for the gates to the church.
They were erected as a memorial to the men of Nettleden who fell in the Great War1914-1918
The cache can be found at N 51 47.abc W 000 31.def
Where:
a IN THE SECOND NAME COUNT THE NUMBER OF 'n' S AND SUBTRACT 2
b THE NUMBER OF MEN LISTED MINUS 1
c THE NUMBER OF LETTERS IN THE SURNAME OF THE TOP NAME
d THE NUMBER OF LETTERS IN THE FIRST NAME OF SUMMERFIELD
e THE NUMBER OF MEN WHOSE SURNAME STARTS WITH 'C'
f THE NUMBER OF LETTERS IN THE FIRST NAME OF WILSON 1914-1917
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Additional Hints
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