The Abbey of St. Agatha, Easby, was founded in 1152 by Roald, Constable of Richmond Castle.The inhabitants werecanons rather than monks. The Premonstratensians wore a white habit and became known as the White Canons. The White Canons followed a code of austerity similar to that of Cistercian monks. Unlike monks of other orders, they were exempt from episcopal discipline. They undertook preaching and pastoral work in the region (such as distributing meat and drink).
Other former Premonstraterian houses in the north of England include Egglestone Abbey in County Durham and Shap Abbeyin Cumbria. Like most northern monasteries, Easby suffered from frequent Scottish raids during the Middle Ages. Ironically, great damage was caused to Easby and Egglestone Abbey in 1346 when the English army was billeted there on its way to theBattle of Neville's Cross.
In the late 1530s Henry VIII dissolved the monasteries. The abbey was abandoned and left to fall into ruins, though some of the best features were salvaged: the fine canopied choir stalls are now found in Richmond parish church.
(Information from Wikipedia)
The published coordinates will take you to a noticeboard where you will find a date with a letter c in front of it. These four numbers are needed to calculate the final location.
The cache can be found at N54 23.ABC W001 43.DEF, where:
A = 1st + 2nd + 3rd digits
B = 1st digit minus 1
C = 2nd digit
D = 1st digit minus 1st digit
E = 1st + 2nd + 3rd
F = 4th digits
Checksum = 30
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