Church Micro 9003...Madron Multi-Cache
Church Micro 9003...Madron
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A straightforward offset multi based upon the fine church of St Maddern at Madron.
Parking is usually available outside the south lychgate entrance to the church at the parking coordinates provided as a waypoint.
Because of proximity issues the cache is located a short drive away where parking close to the GZ can be found
The Church
This is not the original church of Madron. Signs of earlier churches on the site are to be found in the inscribed stone dating from Celtic times, and the font dates back to the church built in the Norman period. Most of the present building dates from the first half of the 14th century and the church was consecrated by Bishop Grandisson of Exeter 13 July 1336. The height of the Tower was increased in 1390 and the North Aisle was added at the beginning of the 16th century.
The Lych Gate, located at the south entrance, dates from the 19th century and was built as a memorial to the victims of the Boer War. The porch also dates from the late 19th century.
The ancient importance of this Parish is well established. This was the mother church of Penzance and once included both the town of Penzance and part of Newlyn. It was only with the development of Penzance in the first half of the 19th century that new churches were built to accommodate the increase in population and became detached from the Parish of Madron. The daughter church, built near the harbour of Penzance, has been in existence since 1379. Further churches were built in Penzance, in particular St Mary's in 1832, ten years later St Paul's (1842), St John's in 1883, and then the Mission Church of St Thomas located in Heamoor between Madron and Penzance.
The church contains a number of fine wall mounted memorial plaques and is also famous for holding an annual Trafalgar Thanksgiving and Nelson Memorial Service. News of Nelson's death and the victory of the battle in 1805, was brought to Penzance and a service was held at the church. The bells of Madron Church are said to have been the first in England to ring out to proclaim his victory at Trafalgar.
A copy of the 'Nelson Banner', which was carried in procession from Penzance, hangs in the church. Madron parish church is normally open to visitors at 10.00am.
The Cache
The headline coordinates will take you through the southern lychgate entrance and along the path to the east end of the south facing wall.
Here you will find a carved slate memorial to a series of tragic young deaths. You need the following information:
Mary, wife of James Tonkin, died A th day of April BACD aged EFyears
James Adams, their first son, died CE day of March BABG aged BF months.
The cache can be found a short drive away at N 50 FA.F(C+E)(B+E) W 005 E(E+B).(G-C)(G-C)B
The cache is a small camo'd plastic tube 10 cms long by 3 cms in diameter.
You may need tweezers to extract the log and Please Bring Your Own Pen (BYOP)
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Additional Hints
(Decrypt)
Onfr bs n fznyy gerr ba gbc bs onax gb evtug bs gur fgvyr (jvgu onpx gb gur ebnq)
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