A quick multi around the beautiful church of St Agnes on St Agnes. This is the most south-westerly church in the UK. Some stages will require you to go inside the church, but it is always open. To find the cache, you will need to find the information listed below, then use the information to solve the equation which will give you the final coordinates for the cache.
Stage 1: How many words are there on the plaque on the gate? Answer = AB
Stage 2: Go inside the church. What year was the T.W. Lawson in distress off Annet? Answer = 1C0D
Stage 3: Still inside the church. How many boats are there on the stained glass window on the right hand side of the church if facing the front? Look carefully! Answer = E
Stage 4: Go back outside the church. When did Thomas Jenkins die and how old was he? Answer = 18F9 aged G1
Stage 5: How many windows are there on the church porch? Answer = H
Checksum: A+B+C+D+E+F+G+H= 31
The final cache is at N49 5 (A+H) . (F+B) G (E+H+A) W006 2 (C-F-E) . (D-E-G) A H
It is a short walk away from the church. Please make sure you rehide carefully.
CHURCH INFORMATION
The Anglican church is dedicated to St Agnes of Rome. The first church was built in the sixteenth or seventeenth century, but it was destroyed in a gale. It was rebuilt in the eighteenth century, but was again destroyed. The current building was built by the islanders in the nineteenth century using the proceeds of the sale of a wreck, and the bell in the church was taken from that wreck. It is a Grade II listed building.The current church stands behind the slipway at Pergelis near the old lifeboat shed. It was built c. 1685 with money raised by the St Agnes Pilots from a ship abandoned amongst the Western Rocks. It is thought that there were two earlier churches in the same area this one being completed in 1821. Inside there is a panelled gallery with memorial plaques commemorating the brave lifeboat men of St Agnes and various noteworthy people. The 20th century, circular arched, east window, was designed by a local artist Marigold Hicks and made by glass artist Moira Forsyth (She constructed windows for Guildford Cathedral). Extensive refurbishment work was carried out in 2001. Again there are many shipwreck victims buried in the churchyard and surrounding area. The is a distinctive headstone to a victim of the wreck of the Schiller and in 2007 a memorial bench seat to remember the victims of the Thomas W Lawson. It is thought that maybe hundreds of victims of the Sir Cloudesley Shovell's Fleet (1707) may be buried in the general area.
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A stained glass window in the church