This cache is part of my 'Historic Holymoorside' series, a group of multi caches hidden in historic locations around Holymoorside.
Riverside Crescent was built on the site of the old cotton mill. The mill was built in the late 1700s and in the late 1830s, Simeon Manlove came to Holymoorside. He took over and improved the mill and built 19 cottages on New Road for the millworkers. In 1861, the mill employed 130 people and Simeon Manlove moved from Holymoor House on Cotton Mill Hill to Belmont at the top of Holymoor Road (which was then called Doghole Lane). The mill was now powered by steam, having previously being powered by water from the Mill Pond. In 1879 Simeon Manlove moved to Buxton, and Ernest Manlove and William Manlove took over the mill. In the very late 1800s, the Manloves sold the mill, and it was taken over by the English Sewing Cotton Company, who then closed it a few years later. On the last day, operatives were allowed to make and keep souvenir bobbins. The mill's closure was a disaster for Holymoorside, as many residents worked at or depended on the mill. Many workmen's houses were left empty and the Manloves did not stay to see the result of the closure. In 1927, a builder purchased the site and demolished most of the mill but converted some parts into houses. The chimney, a local landmark, was demolished at the end of 1927. Today there is little trace of the mill (apart from the converted manager's house).
The village has three churches, reflecting the religious history of the "Holy Moor". There is a local grocer, newsagent and weekly Post Office at the village hall. The oldest building in the village is Hipper Hall, an early 17th-century farmhouse with an even older tithe barn. The original school was built in 1874 largely at the expense of the millowners, the "Manlove family".
The Manloves were proprietors of the cotton thread mill which was built towards the end of the 18th century. This mill employed many of the women and girls of the village, whilst the men and boys worked in the tin mine. The mill buildings, which were three storeys high and were acquired by the Manlove Brothers around 1840, were prosperous for about 50 years, employing 200 people at its peak, but closed in 1902 and now hardly a trace remains of their existence. After 1902 the site was demolished, and in 1930 a row of houses called Riverside Crescent replaced the mill.
PLEASE RESPECT THE CHURCH PROPERTY AND ACT SENSIBLY
The cache is not at the above co-ords, to find the answers to the puzzle you will need to search in the grounds of the United Reform Church (URC). There is some uneven paving which can be slippy at times so please be careful.
N053 12.ABC
W001 29.DEF
A= Number of steps from paved area to church door - 1
B= number of air vents at ground level on the East Wall + 1
C= Look at the 'PME systems box on North Wall. The 3rd number - the 2nd number is the answer.
D= How many Cs are engraved in the box?
E= Last digit of the year the church was formed - 1
F= Above the arch window on the south wall there is a pattern just below the roof. The number of circles - the number of squares/rectangles = the answer.
You will need to drive to the cache as it is quite a long walk to get to it. Parking is available near GZ and watch for nettles! Great views from there too. The cache is a small with room for swaps but no pen so don't come without one! Please replace the cache as found and take care when searching.