Langley Mill was, until 1912, part of the parish of Heanor. A chapel of ease was built at Aldercar in the 1870s, but Langley Mill itself, a rapidly expanding industrial village, had no Church of England place of worship until a tin tabernacle was erected on Elnor Street in the 1880s.
The church of St Andrew was opened in 1912. Although a large, relatively modern, building, its arts and crafts movement design is quite unusual, and due to this the church has been given listed-building status.
Since 1987, the church has been shared between the Church of England parish authorities and the local Methodist congregation.
The cache is not at the given co-ordinates, which is the front gate to the church. You will need to visit the location to obtain some of the information required for the final co-ordinates, and you will need to look around the outside of the church. But some of the questions cannot be answered just by looking, and will need a little internet research. Both aspects of the cache are equally required - this is, in effect, half a mystery cache and half a multi-cache.
Update - February 2022: One of the questions which could, when the cache was first published, be answered by visiting the church will now require internet research.
The final cache site is just a couple of minutes’ walk away from the church.
The cache can be found at N 53 0A.BCD W 001 EF.GHI.
A. Near to the gate of the church is a war memorial. The dead of which war are commemorated here?
If the Boer War, then A = 0
If the First World War, then A = 1
If the Second World War, then A = 2.
B. Who was the architect of St Andrew’s Church?
If Richard Norman Shaw, then B = 8
If Sydney Brocklesby, then B = 9
If William Butterfield, then B = 0.
C. Local Derbyshire stone was used to build the church. Some stone was left over, and a couple of houses were built from it. On which street?
If “Sedgwick Street”, then C = 5
If “Aldreds Lane”, then C = 7
If “Thompson Street”, then C = 9.
D. In what year was the church hall built? 19D8
E. On what date in 1911 was the foundation stone of the church laid? April E9
F. Who laid the foundation stone of the church hall?
If “Vic Hallam, J.P.”, then F = 9
If “Mrs Frank Sisson”, then F = 0
If “Lady Smith”, then F = 1
G. Where was George Tansill killed?
If at Paardeberg, then G = 0
If at Ypres, then G = 1
If at Bloemfontein, then G = 2
H. If you telephone 719800, who will you speak to?
If the church warden, then H = 2
If the vicar, then H =3
If the church office, then H = 4
I. How many times does the letter C appear on the foundation stone of the church? I
This is a small "small" cache - just room for the log and a couple of travel bugs.
Please bring your own pen(cil).
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