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WB #10 - Then and Now - Stroll through the Avenue Multi-Cache

Hidden : 7/21/2017
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

A multi taking you through some more parts of West Bridgford, showing some more of the local history.


The given coordinates are not the location of the cache. There are 7 waypoint stages.

To find the cache, solve the following:- N52 AB.CDE W001 0F.GHI

Starting at Waypoint STAGE 1 at N52 55.986 W001 07.664 the Then and Now photos show the Library. There is a Plaque on the wall near the gates. This stage isn't on the photo taken from the air, but is just right of the trees where No. 1 is marked. No.1 is the Old Post Office across the road.

(A) - At the plaque what is the last digit of the 60th year ????-???A

across the road.

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Waypoint Stage 2 N52 55.916 W001 07.609 Then and Now shows. At bus stop across road the following is shown - RU?(B)?? B = ?

Marked 2 & 3 ON PHOTO

At the other end of the run of shops in this build.

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Waypoint Stage 3 N52 55.892 W001 07.584 Then and Now shows the old cinema The Tudor. What is the number on the Pelican crossing post on same side as Iceland. ? - 3 = C Marked No 4 on photo.

Waypoint Stage 4 N52 55.859 W001 07.586 The photo above shows the Co-op Funeral Building across the road from the old cinema. Date inscribed on front D?E? 1st and 3rd digit for D&E. This completes the Northings.

Photo is marked No 5

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Waypoint Stage 5 N 52° 55.898 W 001° 07.675 marked No 7 on photo

Lutterall Hall plague date ???? - last digit minus 2 = F

rectory police station old and new on the other end of the street from the Hall. Marked on photo No.6

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Waypoint Stage 6: N 52° 55.849 W 001° 07.535 from the date on the fountain court building, ???? 2nd digit minus 6 = G

showing Gordon Road Methodist Church Marked on photo No. 8

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Waypoint Stage 7 N 52° 55.749 W 001° 07.525 This does not appear on the photo. On the Information Board/Panel about Sir Horatio Davies and his wife Eliza Gordon what is the last digit of the year the Test Match opened = H. Sir Horatio Davies and his wife Eliza Gordon had ? children, many of them have local roads named after them. I = the number of the total of children plus mum and dad.

WEST BRIDGFORD TIMELINE AROUND THIS AREA

1086 In the Domesday survey, the village of Brigeforde was part of the Manor of Clifton. The Lord of Clifton Manor was William Peveral who lived in Nottingham Castle. 1190 (abt) St Giles’ Church built.

1194 Galfr Luterel became Lord of the Manors of Gameleston and Bruggeford. 1418 The last male Lutterell died without heir. His sister Hawifia Lutterell had married Godfrey Hilton who then became Lord of the Manor. 1500 (abt) Geoffrey Hilton died without heir. His sister Elizabeth Hilton had married Richard Thimelby who then became Lord of the Manor. 1620 (abt) Gamston and West Bridgford Lordships sold by John Thimelby to Sir Henry Pierrepont of Thoresby Hall.

1648 Sir John Musters (1624-89) of Hornsey, Middlesex purchased the Colwick Estate from Sir John Stonehouse for £18,000. 1675 (abt) Sir John Musters’s daughter-in-law Millicent Musters (nee Mundy) won the West Bridgford Estate playing cards with Henry Pierrepont, Marquess of Dorchester. Her son Mundy Musters Snr inherited both estates in 1697. 1768 Work started on the building of West Bridgford Hall by the Lord of the Manor, Mundy Musters Jnr. 1774 West Bridgford Hall completed by Mundy’s son John Musters. 1778 “Poor” School opened in Village Square (now Tudor Square) for 7 West Bridgford and 3 Gamston children of poor families. It was founded by the Rector of St Giles, Rev William Thompson and funded by the Lord of the Manor, John Musters. 1780 Cottages on Church Drive built.

1827 Jack Musters became Lord of the Manor of West Bridgford. Jack had married Mary Chaworth, the heiress to the Annesley, Wiverton and Edwalton estates, in 1805. 1838 The tithe map showed that the Lordship of West Bridgford was 1078 acres, of which 985 acres were West Bridgford Estate land owned by the Lord of the Manor John Musters, 58 acres owned by Clifford Caunt of The Poplars Farm and 33 acres were glebe land, on permanent lease to the Rector of St Giles Church.

1840 West Bridgford Hall let to Lewis Heymann, a wealthy Nottingham lace manufacturer. 1849 John Chaworth Musters inherited the West Bridgford Estate on the death of his grandfather Jack Musters.

1851 Census shows 258 people living in 51 houses in West Bridgford. 1863 St Giles Rectory built. The rectory was demolished in 1960.

1880 The first plots of West Bridgford Estate land are offered for housing development by John Chaworth Musters. 1881 Census showed 293 people living in 55 houses in West Bridgford.

1883 West Bridgford Hall and grounds together with 19 acres of land was sold by John Chaworth Musters to Albert Heymann, a wealthy Nottingham banker. 1887 John Patricius Musters inherited the remains of the West Bridgford Estate on the death of his father.

1889 (June) The Lordship of West Bridgford and the remaining estate lands were sold by John Patricius Musters to Col Horatio Davies of Wateringbury Place, Kent. 1890 Sixty acres of the Lady Bay part of the West Bridgford Estate was purchased by Mellors, Basden and Mellors of Bridlesmithgate from Col Horatio Davies and later sold off in 463 individual plots through three Mutual Freehold Land Associations.

1891 Census shows 2502 people living in 519 houses in West Bridgford. 1892 Eight almshouses were built by Mrs Catherine Peatfield on Rectory Road as a memorial to her late husband Rev John Peatfield, curate of St Giles.

1901 Census shows 7018 people living in 1559 houses in West Bridgford. 1907 New WBUDC offices opened at 8 Bridgford Road. 1911 Census showed 11632 people living in 2864 houses in West Bridgford.

1921 Census showed 13346 people living in 3440 houses in West Bridgford. 1923 West Bridgford Hall and Park sold for £14,000 by Albert Heymann to WBUDC for their offices. 1931 Census shows 17821 people living in 5065 houses in West Bridgford. 1931 Tudor Cinema opened at junction of Central Avenue and Rectory Road.

1937 For the first time ever, Nottinghamshire County Magistrates Court granted licences for two public houses in West Bridgford, “The Rushcliffe” in Gordon Square (name changed to “The Test Match” before it opened) and “The Wolds” in Loughborough Road.

1939 West Bridgford library opened. 1959 Tudor cinema demolished despite protests and a 800 signature petition. 1960 The Rectory was demolished and the site used for a new larger Police Station. 1960 The Poplars farmhouse was demolished and two blocks of flats of the same name were built on its site. 1960 A new County Council Ambulance Station was built on the site of the allotments opposite the Poplars at the bottom of Rectory Road. 1961 Rossell House shops erected on the undeveloped plot at the junction of Gordon and Rectory Roads.

1990 Gordon Road Primitive Methodist Church demolished and Fountain Court built in its place.

2005 The Manor Public House in Albert Road demolished and a Marks and Spencer “Simply Food” Store built in its place.

2012 Ambulance Station in Rectory Road closed.

2013 Refurbished West Bridgford Library and Young People’s Centre opened.

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Additional Hints (Decrypt)

zntargvp terra. ybj yrsg.

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)