Church micro #9376 Felton Multi-Cache
Hidden : 4/4/2016
Difficulty:
2.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size: micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

Situated near Felton Common this quaint little church is ideal for those who also like plane spotting! Parking available outside the church past the carved angel (from a felled tree)

Felton church



The present stone church was started in 1865 replacing an older wooden structure that was standing on land belonging to Freemans Farm. It was consecrated in 1869.

These served the rather scattered community that had started to increase after 1817 with the designation and improvement of the main road we now know as the A38.

A school had been started around 1847 by the A38 at Lulsgate Bottom but was eventually closed in 2010 when the remaining pupils were moved to Winford Primary School.

Felton Village Hall was built in 1931 when Mr. J. Falconar Fry of the Quaker chocolate family gave the land for the hall to the people of Downside & Felton. It has been enlarged and improved over the years and remains a useful and popular village hall.

Early in the Second World War about 200 school children and staff from the East End of London were evacuated to Felton. The school was overcrowded so the village hall was used as a temporary classroom until 1945, when the last few evacuees returned to their homes in London. On the night of the 18th November 1941 a stray bomb hit the New Inn on the A38, now renamed the Airport Tavern. The building was extensively damaged and two people were killed. There were other stray bomb blasts in the village but no further civilian casualties.

Bristol Airport as we now know it opened in 1957 after having been RAF Lulsgate Bottom during WWII.


To find the cache work out the following :

N51º23.D(C-4)(C-B)
W002º 41.CAB

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Additional Hints (Decrypt)

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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)


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