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Listed Leeds - Ex Libris Traditional Cache

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StartPlayer: I'm not with transport these days so getting out to this to check/Replace isnt happening any time soon so archiving in hope of hiding again at some point in locations I can get to more easily!

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Hidden : 6/6/2015
Difficulty:
1 out of 5
Terrain:
2.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

When I first had the geocaching hobby explained to me I was told it was about finding areas of interest and learning about local history. As time has gone on it seems to have become more about the numbers and getting the smily faces. So I'm returning to my geocaching roots and hiding caches around the listed buildings of Leeds. If anyone wants to add to the Listed Leeds series then feel free, after all I need to boost my numbers too. ;-)


The cache is in no way attached to the Listed Building!

Holbeck Former Public Library was built in 1901 to a design by William Bakewell and opened in 1903. It is a grade II listed building. The Buildings listing details its a "red brick building faces in salt-glazed Burmantofts terracotta" along with a central tower with an Octagonal hipped roof. Listed decorations to the building include a Leeds coat of arms over the entrance along with Art Nouveau plaques and scrolls It began life a public library until the 1950s housing 8884 books. During the early days of the NHS it was used as a mother and baby clinic called 'The Wellcome'. Subsequently it became a public house called The Cambrian until 1990. Now it is used as offices.

sources: http://www.leodis.net/display.aspx?resourceIdentifier=20021210_48868960&DISPLAY=FULL
http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-466115-former-holbeck-public-library-#.VXNyr2BRHcM
http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/Details/Default.aspx?id=466115

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Fvta. Znl vaibyir n yvggyr ovg bs pyvzovat/onynapvat!

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)