The published co-ordinates are effectively a trailhead for this cache. When you have completed SPLASH 22 - Watering Hole, make your way to this location, where there is a gate leading to a footpath fenced on both sides. Then take the footpath. But before you head out to start the series, you should take a few minutes to work out the final co-ordinates
Regardless of whether you love puzzle caches or hold them in contempt; or simply prefer not to spend hours solving them when all you really want out of geocaching is a nice walk, the thrill of the FTF chase, or to play the numbers game, we offer you a very simple puzzle here. In fact, it’s not really a puzzle at all. You simply read the text below and answer the 6 questions on the content. Easy, peasy, lemon squeezy!!
It will take you about 5 minutes to read the text, and 5 minutes to answer the questions and obtain the final co-ordinates for this cache.
POLITE NOTICE: You do not need to solve this puzzle or find this cache to be able to solve and find SPLASH Bonus: Tha' Tha' That's All Folks! because there is redundancy in the Bonus cache clues. . . however . . .
during the creation of our SPLASH cache series, we thought a reasonable number of you might enjoy learning a wee bit of the less well known history of Horsham and, in particular, the immediate location of the series itself, especially if it would take you to a point where there is a great view of the town and yet not at all far off the rest of the route the series will take you on. So, if you're up for it, read on. . .
The House of Braose was a prominent family of Anglo-Norman nobles originating in Briouze, in Normandy. Some of its members played a significant part in the Norman conquest of England. One of these was William 1 de Braose, believed to have been born in 1049 AD (or CE as it is now otherwise known). William was granted the feudal barony of Bramber by King William (the Conqueror) shortly after the Battle of Hastings in 1066, and the Domesday Book of 1086 records him as the holder of Bramber.
Bramber Castle, a Norman motte and bailey castle, was founded around 1070 by this same William de Braose as a defensive and administrative centre for Bramber, one of the six administrative regions into which Sussex was divided following the Norman conquest. It was held almost continually by de Braose and his descendants from its foundation until 1450.
The region, also known as the Rape of Bramber, was a strip of territory running northwards from the coast to the border with Surrey in the north. Within this area, sat pasturage land known as Horsham. There has been much conjecture about the origin of the term, or etymology of the word “rape” in this context. One suggestion is that it derived from the Icelandic territorial division “hreppr”, meaning 'district or tract of land'; another is the idea that it came from the Old English “rāp” (rope) which may have been used to mark out territory; a third is linked to an administrative district through a connection to “reep”, a Dutch word with the same origin as rāp, which is applied to a judicial area. It has also been suggested that the term in fact comes from the old French “raper”, meaning to seize or take by force.
Denne Park is one of three medieval deer parks that belonged to the de Braose family, the others being Chesworth and Sedgewick. The “Manor” of Denne records date back to the 10th century. The Dukes of Norfolk owned the estate for the most part until 1572. In that year, it was forfeited to the Crown when Thomas Howard, the fourth Duke was executed for plotting against Elizabeth I to bring Mary Queen of Scots to power.
Around 1600 the main road for Worthing and Southwater was Denne Road which ran right through the estate. It is said this route was closed to wagons when the Eversfields moved in and so the current Worthing Road replaced that route out of Horsham. The road closure was belatedly legislated for in 1764 by an Act of Parliament.
In 1605 Denne Park was sold to Sir Thomas Eversfield, an English politician and Royalist, who built the present house and in whose family it remained until the 20th century, apart from a period during which it was forfeit to the Crown. Denne Park House sits at the top of Denne Hill (also known as Pict Hill) off the Worthing Road route into Horsham. It lies at the far end of an impressive avenue comprising two rows of lime trees on each side that stretches about a 1/3 of a mile. The sandstone property dates from 1605 but has 18th century additions. The last of the extensions and modifications to the house was in 1875 by which time it was a thriving Victorian household with substantial gardens. Between 1939 and 1945, during World War 2, the property provided a base for Canadian troops. In the 1950s it was converted to apartments, its outhouses converted to dwellings and new houses built in the grounds.
Denn Place (Denne Park) watercolour by Samuel Hieronymus Grimm 1788
Nearby Chesworth House has a somewhat similar history up until the 20th century. The manor of Chesworth formed part of the grant of lands made to William 1 de Braose shortly after 1066 as part of the Rape of Bramber. An early medieval manor house, which existed by 1324, occupied the moated site south of the present Chesworth House.
Chesworth House itself [which you will pass near if you do the SPLASH series] is, by origin, a Tudor manor house, built in the early 16th century.
During the period of its ownership by the Dukes of Norfolk, Catherine Howard lived in Chesworth House during her childhood. She was introduced to Henry VIII by her uncle Thomas Howard, the 3rd Duke, and became his fifth wife and queen following the demise of her cousin, Ann Boleyn, his 4th wife. Catherine, aged only 16 or 17 when she married Henry VIII on 28 July 1540, was stripped of her title as queen within 16 months, in November 1541. She suffered the same fate as Ann Boleyn, as she was beheaded three months later, on the grounds of treason for allegedly committing adultery whilst married to the King.
After falling from favour in 1546, the 3rd Duke was stripped of his titles and imprisoned in the Tower, avoiding execution when Henry VIII died a year later. He was released in 1553 on the accession of the Catholic Queen Mary I whom he aided in securing her throne, thus setting the stage for the tension between his Catholic family and the Protestant royal line that would be continued by Mary's half-sister Queen Elizabeth I.
Some years later, Thomas Howard, the 4th Duke of Norfolk, was in turn imprisoned in 1569 on the orders of Queen Elizabeth I for scheming to marry Mary, Queen of Scots. Following his release, he participated in the Ridolfi plot with King Philip II of Spain to put Mary on the English throne and restore Catholicism in England. He was executed for treason in 1572 and is buried at the Church of St Peter ad Vincula within the walls of the Tower of London. His lands and titles were forfeit to the Crown on his death. In 1660-61 the manor was settled on Queen Henrietta Maria of France, who was consort of England, Scotland, and Ireland as the wife of King Charles I; and by 1674 on Queen Catherine of Braganza, who was Queen of England, Scotland and Ireland from 1662 to 1685, as the wife of King Charles II. She and Charles are credited with introducing the custom of drinking tea to the British court .
Sir Charles Eversfield acquired a Crown Lease of Chesworth Park in 1725.
The title of Duke of Norfolk was eventually restored to the Howard (later FitzAlan-Howard) family. Edward FitzAlan Howard, the 18th Duke, was born in 1956 and has 5 children - 3 boys and 2 girls. His eldest son Harold is presently the 37th Earl of Arundel.
In 1928 Chesworth was sold to a Captain C. R. Cook who restored it, extended it, and re-laid the moated gardens, incorporating part of the river Arun which runs through the grounds.
Chesworth House many moons ago???
Formula Solving Questions; Multiple Choice Answers and Values to attribute to each Question Letter A,B,C,D,E, and F from the correct answer
Question A: Into how many administrative regions was Sussex divided following the Norman conquest?
Answer choices (x) = two ; (y) = four ; (z) = six
Value of A for correct answer selection: (x) = 5 ; (y) = 9 ; (z) = 1
Question B: The "Manor of Denne records date back to what century?
Answer choices (x) = 9th ; (y) = 10th ; (z) = 11th
Value of B for correct answer selection: (x) = 8 ; (y) = 6 ; (z) = 2
Question C: To whom was the feudal barony of Bramber granted after the Battle of Hastings ?
Answer choices (x) = William the Conqueror ; (y) = William de Briouze ; (z) = William of Orange
Value of C for correct answer selection: (x) = 4 ; (y) = 1 ; (z) = 8
Question D: Thomas Howard, the 4th Duke of Norfolk was executed for treason in ?
Answer choices (x) = 1541; (y) = 1569 ; (z) = 1572
Value of D for correct answer selection: (x) = 3 ; (y) = 2 ; (z) = 8
Question E: Catherine Howard was related to Ann Boleyn. Was she her?
Answer choices (x) = daughter ; (y) = aunt ; (z) = cousin
Value of E for correct answer selection: (x) = 4 ; (y) = 1 ; (z) = 7
Question F: When, and if the eldest son of the present Duke of Norfolk inherits the title, will he be the
Answer choices (x) = 18th ; (y) = 19th ; (z) = 38th Duke of Norfolk?
Value of F for correct answer selection: (x) = 6 ; (y) = 8 ; (z) = 3
Use the numerical value associated with each correct answer as a substitute for the letters ABCDEF in the following formula.
Final Co-ordinates: N 51° 03.ABC W 000° 19.DEF
As this is a relatively simple problem to solve, we offer a simple cross check rather than an online Geocheck, which means you can validate your co-ordinates from a paper copy of the cache page if necessary:
The sum value of adding A+B+C+D+E+F = 31
N.B. We neither guarantee the accuracy of, nor claim copyright on, any of the above details which have been drawn from several, sometimes conflicting, sources of historical material.
Note: as at September 5th, 2020, due to the original location being very difficult to access because of massive growth of brambles, nettles and other plants each spring and summer, the cache container has been moved to a much more accessible spot, albeit not far away. Rather than alter the original puzzle, we have decided to simply provide a correction to the original solution, as follows:
DEDUCT 0.010 from the Northing and ADD 0.003 to the Westing
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