Netley Abbey
Netley Abbey is a ruined late medieval monastery in the village of Netley near Southampton in Hampshire. The abbey was founded in 1239 as a house for monks of the austere Cistercian order. Despite being a royal abbey, Netley was never rich, produced no influential scholars nor churchmen, and its nearly 300-year history was quiet. The monks were best known to their neighbours for the generous hospitality they offered to travellers on land and sea. In 1536, Netley Abbey was seized by Henry VIII of England during the Dissolution of the Monasteries and the buildings granted to William Paulet, a wealthy Tudor politician, who converted them into a mansion. The abbey was used as a country house until the beginning of the eighteenth century, after which it was abandoned and partially demolished for building materials. Subsequently the ruins became a tourist attraction, and provided inspiration to poets and artists of the Romantic movement. In the early twentieth century the site was given to the nation, and it is now a Scheduled Ancient Monument, cared for by English Heritage. The extensive remains consist of the church, cloister buildings, abbot's house, and fragments of the post-Dissolution mansion. Netley Abbey is one of the best preserved medieval Cistercian monasteries in southern England.
Now for the Cache!
At waypoint 1 - Final 2 numbers of the year Peter des Roches founded the abbey + how many monks it was home to -1 = A
At waypoint 2 - The months number in (1922) the sign was placed - 1 = B
At waypoint 3 - (The Laver) How many arches for handwashing? = C
At waypoint 4 - (Chapter House) Add the digits that make up the year the Cistercian Order founded + 3 = D
At waypoint 5 - (Romance of Netley) The final digit of the year John Chessell painted the view x 2 = E
At waypoint 6 - (The Church) How many of the 4 great pillars bear inscription X(times) which King Henry constructed the church = F
The cache can be found at
N50 A . B (CxC)
W01 D . E (F-1) (F-1)
You will need tweezers
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