Church Micro 2213...Narborough - All Saints Multi-Cache
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Church Micro 2213...Narborough - All Saints
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An easy two stage multi. At the given coordinates you will find enough information to lead you to the final location which is a short walk away. After working out where you want to go, leave the church yard by the nearby side gate and turn left then follow your GPS. Footpath can be muddy after rain. PLEASE SEARCH FROM FOOTPATH SIDE ONLY, THANK YOU.
All Saints Church Narborough. This church has many features of many periods,but it is most notable for its monuments and brasses which reveal so much about the people who worshiped here centuries ago.& The nave must have Norman origins because you can find a typical Norman arch on the north side behind the boiler house. Most of the fabric has been rebuilt in the Perpendicular period. Two large tomb recesses in the south wall are said to be the burial place of the founder and his wife of this isle which has an interesting east window, its tracery has two quatrefoils within circles which is transitional between the Decorated and Perpendicular periods, this suggests a date of about 1377.The chancel is a continuation of the nave at the same height and without a chancel arch inside. It is all perpendicular period and has an enormous and glorious 5 light east window. A sundial can be found on the buttress of the tower. The single bell is very old and made by John Draper of Thetford in 1607. There are two other frames for bells as well.Inside the Church the north arcade is 14th century with quatrefoil piers which have slender filleted shafts in the diagonals. The arches on this side have 2 wave mouldings. The south arcade is a little later than the north, it has octagonal piers, two of which have hollowed recesses on 4 faces with shallow trefoil headed arches at the top. There are stone seats around the bases of the pillars which remind us there were no benches when this church was built. The south west pier is different again. The bench nearest the door has the arms of Spelman, quartering Narburgh carved on the end with these names inscribed above. The Royal Arms are those of George ii, dated 1759, and there are two fine hatchments. The font is perpendicular period with fleurons alternating with shields on the 8 sides. The shields feature a star of Bethleham, ihs cross with ring of glory,crown and sword crossed with a palm branch. Framed copper reliefs of the 18th century depict the decent from the cross and the Adoration of the Shepherds, and have been used as war memorials. They show great quality and deserve a close inspection. The oldest monument is in the extreme north east corner of the chancel, this is a demi-figure of a lady in a niche wearing a wimple and clasping a heart. She is Alethea de Narborough who died in 1293 which compares with the age of the tower. A double piscine can be found in the chancel, and in the northern isle another piscine which has been broken leaving only half of the drain.Sir Clement Spelman 1607 and his wife have a large wall monument showing them reclining and resting on their elbows, both wearing ruffs, a kneeling figure of a child and a baby in its cot are also included. Sir John Spelman 1662 at west of nave has a black marble top with heraldic arms, a skull, cherubs etc on. Clement Spelman 1679 stands on a plinth in the Chancel. He was the recorder of Nottingham. During Victorian restoration work his plinth was reduced in height and it was discovered that his coffin stood upright inside. It appears that he insisted on this to avoid being trodden upon.The stained glass north chancel window has an excellent collection of fragments of early 15th century glass which depicts the 9 orders of angels. The main lights of the same window contain 5 panels of heraldry, all dated 1578, and referring to different members of the Spelman family ******************************************************************************************************** If you would like to add to the Church Micro series look up at ;http://churchmicro.co.uk *********************************************************************************************************** At the given co-ords you will find information to work out final cache position Cache at N52 41.ABC E000 34.DEF A= 3rd digit of year Narborough aerodrome closed. B= Sum of last two digits aerodrome opened. C= 2nd digit of year Mr Cooper was established D= Last digit of year the Great War finished E= Narborough History Society 199E F= Last digit of year aerodrome closed ************************************************************************************** WOW THAT WAS QUICK. CONGRATS TO Taylor02 FOR THE FTF **************************************************************************************
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