St Peter's Church is situated in the village of Croft-on-Tees which although close to Darlington St Peter's Church is situated in the village of Croft-on-Tees which is just within North Yorkshire, the nearby River Tees providing the border between the counties. The church and the Vicarage (just over the wall) are famous for being the boyhood home of Lewis Carroll, Lewis Caroll's father being the vicar till his death in 1868. He is burried with his wife on the North Side of the Church (behind the tall railings).
This is a nano cache so please bring your own writing implement and ensure the cache is well hidden after signing.
If you do venture inside the church be sure to not miss the plaque to Carroll, complete with White Rabbit, and an enormous tomb with growling lions guarding its corners; a list of rectors dating back to the splendidly named 13th century Cynicus; and memories of Lord Byron, who spent his honeymoon near Croft after marrying a local girl. (It was by visiting him that Caroll achieved his inspration to wite the famous Jabberwocky poem).
Who also knows how much the sandy-stoned medieval church, with its roses round the porch, influenced him? It’s a fine, eccentric place, dominated by a huge 17th century curtained pew supported by columns and likened over the years to a house on stilts or the royal box in a theatre built by the Chaytors, a very old Croft Family who started the original Croft Spa Facilty (sadly demolised in 1960's).
While you're visiting why not follow in the fooststeps of Caroll and take a walk along the Old Spa Walk where there are more caches to find.