This is another addition to the Church Micro series. This is a nano container. This cache replaces a previously archived cache - it's such a nice church it really needs a cache! This cache is not hidden on church grounds!
Simon Knott has this to say about the church:
All Saints sits beside the river.This is a largely 14th century building, although the east end is wholly Victorianised. The clerestory and aisles give a sense of a comfortable, Catholic liturgical space at ease with itself, before the excesses of Perpendicular set in. Such a splendid building could conceal great treasures - or, of course, a bleak Victorianisation. Perhaps there are surprises, or there is beauty; perhaps a sense of the beating heart of a faith community.
Stepping inside, the first impression is that the Victorians were indeed rather heavy-handed here. But the church is not without interest, and there is a terrific Christopher Whall window in the north aisle. If this church is a beautiful shell, then the Whall window is undoubtedly the pearl.
Several hundred years before Whall, Elizabeth Bull was buried here. The year was 1634, and she was certainly a Cromwellian puritan, but much of her life had been lived as a Tudor. She wears her ruff, and kneels as angels draw curtains in front of her.
There is more stained glass, mostly earlier than Whall, and probably the work of Ward and Hughes. The best of the 1860s restoration is the wood carving of the great Henry Ringham, an Ipswich craftsman who is now recognised as one of the great carvers of the century.
About the cache
This is a nano cache and the final location is hidden within sight of the church. It is wheelchair and pushchair accessible, but keep a tight hold of mini-cachers and canine cachers as the road can be surprisingly busy.
This cache is not hidden on church grounds.
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