The Church
The Chapel is located about halfway between the turn down to Polkerris and the gate of Menabilley House on the road leading to Poldridmouth.
The Tregaminion Chapel built of stone stands amongst trees, where in the spring, snowdrops, primroses, bluebells flower, followed by rhododendrons and hydrangeas as the year moves on into summer.
The foundation stone was laid in April 1813 by Rachel the wife of William Rashleigh Esquire, living at Menabilley, on his estate at Tregaminion Barton. When the foundations were dug in 1813, a carved stone was found, bearing the Rashleigh arms. This stone is built into the wall over the porch. It was another two years before the Chapel was completed.
Approximately six months after laying the foundation stone, Rachel, whilst staying at Maidstone, was taken ill and died on the 2nd September 1813. Her body was returned to Cornwall and she was interred in the family vault at Tywardreath Parish Church with those of her two children: Rachel and Charlotte.
The consecration of the Chapel took place in 1816.
William Rashleigh married again, and in April 1817, a son, William was born and his baptism was held at the Chapel in July 1817.
The Cache
The headline coordinates will take you to the only marked grave in the churchyard.
It is a large granite slab memorial to Lady Emma Felicity Clare Rashleigh, the late wife of Sir Richard Rashleigh of the nearby Menabilly House and Estate.
Menabiily House was rented by Daphne Du Maurier for over twenty years from 1943 to 1969 and she restored what, at the time, was a grand house in a dilapidated state.
The gravestone to Emma Rashleigh gives her birth and death dates:
Born AA nd of June BCDB - Died EF th March AFBE
The cache can be found at: N 50 AF.EBF W 004 (E+B)F.DEA
The cache is a small tube 10cms long 3 cms in diameter.
There is room for a car to pull in whilst the cache is retrieved if you decide not to walk to the GZ.
In the summer this lane and roadside parking can get very busy so please use lots of stealth!!
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