Church Micro 1265...Burrough Green Multi-cache
320sammy: Moved away so back to collect a few more today
Church Micro 1265...Burrough Green
-
Difficulty:
-
-
Terrain:
-
Size: 
(small)
Please note Use of geocaching.com services is subject to the terms and conditions
in our disclaimer.
So you need to have a stroll around the churchyard to find the coordinates that should bring you to this cache
The cache has been placed with permission of the church wardens. The cache is not at the published coordinates, you need to find the answers on the gravestones to locate this cache. ( The cache is not within the churchyard, but is very close by) N 52 AB.37C E 0 DE 42F
Welcome to the Parish Church of Burrough Green: St Augustine of Burrough Green There is a really good resource all about this wonderful 13th Century Church at this webpage http://www.burroughgreen.com/Church/history/The%20Guide.pdf A short piece from that website: The church is picturesquely situated, surrounded by trees, and has the very d i s t i n c t i v e p o s t- R e f o r m a t i on innovation of gabled aisles that are clearly seen in the form of the three pointed gables above the main door. These were probably built by the Cage family towards the end of the 16th century. The church, apart from its aisles that have been largely reconstructed, is an ancient building of flint, with stone dressings, in the Early English and Decorated styles. It has evidently undergone many alterations at, or after, the Reformation in 1517. The general style of the church today is that of the fourteenth century corresponding to the church building period of the de Burgh family. It consists of a long chancel, a nave of three bays with aisles on either side, a tall western tower and a south porch. Up to the end of the seventeenth century the church also had two Chantry Chapels on either side of the existing chancel. Although the church was extensively altered in the seventeenth century, its glory remains in the form of the fine series of sepulchral monuments of the de Burgh family. Such monumental effigies cannot be seen anywhere else in this county or, perhaps, in a small parish church in any other county There are links with the De Burgh family ( as in Chris De Burgh..lady in red fame), with the family being prominent in the village in the 13th and 14th centuries. There is also mention of the Cage family, whose names still lives on at the local village school, and is connected with the charities that still support the school: Cage being the name for the blue team at the school. So to find the coordinates to find this cache you are looking for N 52 AB.37C E 0 DE 42F A= find the bench that remembers Bernard 1927-A998 B= Find the grave of Glen Laetitia and look at the date of death 8.6.20B4 C= Find the grave of the Whitefords C = the difference in their ages at death D=Find the war grave for Jaggard: how old was he when he died? D1 E=Find the second war grave of Sergeant Miller. E= xy70915 Take x from y to find the difference F= There is a grave of 2 sisters , also called Jaggard look at the date of birth for Mildred 23.F.1914 You may have to double back to look for a couple of the answers , but all are very close together The church is usually open (10-5) : please pop in and have a look at the church: it has some interesting crypts and a very interesting font cover. If you would like to add to the Church Micro series yourself then please look here http://churchmicro.co.uk/ There is also a Church Micro Stats & Information page that can be found at http://www.15ddv.me.uk/geo/cm/index.html
Additional Hints
(Decrypt)
Zbfg bs gur tenirf lbh arrq ner bhg bs fvtug oruvaq gur puhepu. Cyrnfr cynpr gur pbagnvare onpx ghpxrq njnl bapr lbh unir sbhaq vg. Lbh znl unir gb qbhoyr onpx gb svaq gur fvfgref