Building work on Holy Cross Church began in 1930 and was eventually completed in 1934, due mainly to the drive of Fr Daly (later to become Bishop Daly) who with typical Yorkshire thrift had previously identified an old derelict building (Fryston Hall) that could be used to provide the majority of the brickwork including the stone pillars with which to build his new church. This reduced the purchase cost of the brickwork from £900 for new to £300. The Hall had to be dismantled and the stones transported over a mile within an agreed period of 12 weeks with the vast majority of the work being carried out by volunteer labour (men and women) with equipment borrowed from local mines. Work started each day at 9:00am and continued until 9:00pm until all the stone was moved to the new site where it was re-assembled into the design of the church under the guidance of the Bishop's Architect Sir Charles Nicholson. The church was consecrated on 14th July 1934 Note: The Cache is not at the co-ordinates given but at N53 43.ABC W01 18.DEF The church notice board has a number across the bottom and this should be used to calculate the missing co-ordinates PQRSTUVWXYZ A=W B=R C=(Z) D=(V+W+X) E=Y F=(X+Y)
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