St Anne's is a grade 1 listed building and there is documentary evidence of a church at Catterick from the 7th Century, and further evidence of a Saxon church having been built on the current site. The present doorway dates from 1150 & the church is referred to in the Doomsday Book. Catterick was an important Christian centre & had 2 priests in the 11th Century.
The current church was built using the old stones in 1415 by Richard of Crakehall.
1343 is given for the first recorded incumbent.
The Furster & Andrew organ was installed in 1872, being rebuilt in 1989.
The cache is not at the published coordinates but you will find a diamond shaped notice board and this contains all the information needed to calculate the coordinates for the final cache location, which is a short walk away. .
The cache can be found at N54 22.ABC and W001 37.DEF, where: A = number of letters in the first word on the sixth line B = number of letters in the fourth word on the fifth line C = number of times the word "holy" appears on the board D = number of words in the second word of the fourth line E = number of times the word "service" appears on the board F = number of letters in the third word of the seventh line Checksum = 26
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