All Saints Church is central to the village and is situated on the edge of the village green.
Cll, C12, C13, C14, C15, C19. An aisleless nave and chancel of Saxon origin, the nave
mainly Norman, the chancel rebuilt in the C15, the south aisle (of 2 bays) added
before 1200, the nave and aisle lengthened to 3 bays In the C19, when a north porch
and bell turret were added. Tile roof, continued to a low eaves over the aisle, bell
turret of 3 stages, with a broach spire above curving side walls and a rectangular
base, all covered in shingles. Walling is of flint with some stone added, and stone
dressings; the north-eeast corner of the nave has long and short work of the earliest
period, there are buttresses on the south side and a tall buttress in the centre of
the west gable, a moulded string links the Victorian lancets around the west end. The
chancel windows are single lights with 5 cusps within rectangular hoodmoulds, the east
and south windows of the south aisle, are, C14, the others of C19 date, including a
Geometrical east window. The inside has a piscina in the east wall, a south side
squinch, scalloped caps and cylindrical columns, arches of circa 1300, a Jacobean
pulpit, the baluster stem of a classical font (the present font being Victorian) and 2
examples of modern glazing.
The published coordinates are not for the cache but should take you to the Lych Gate. Make your way to the main door and look for the prominent headstone of a person who was 'Fast and Free'. Let his year of Birth be ABCD and his year of death be EFGH.
Now walk anti-clockwise around the Church and locate the grave of John Henry Barker. Let his year of birth be IJKL and his year of death be MNOP. From here you can make your way to see the Saxon Sundial on the South Wall before returning to the Lych Gate. Turn and face the Churchyard then CAREFULLY count the number of stone crosses visible on the right hand side of the path - be very careful and ensure you count them all! I nearly missed a very large one! Let this be Q.
The cache can be found a short walk away at: N51 AL.H (J-E) (A+I+M) and W001 K (C-H+M). (N-M) (P+E) (L+A)
When you walk to the cache you have a choice at the metal gate - you can either follow the wide grass track which is permissable although not signposted or cross the delapidated stile and follow the path around the old barn - you will end up in the same place! Route 1 is recommended
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