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Church Micro 12601...Drayton - St Margarets Traditional Cache

Hidden : 4/1/2019
Difficulty:
2.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:


St Margarets Church is a dominant building in the heart of the village of Drayton.  The cache, which is a bison, is not located in the churchyard.   

Here is some information about the church taken from the Norfolk Churches website:

The church was pretty much rebuilt during the third quarter of  the 1800's when the tower collapsed into the nave in 1850.

The restoration has left a great curiosity. When the chancel arch was rebuilt further east, and an aisle added to the north, the stone entrance to the old rood loft stairway was rescued, and now sits like a sentry box in the north arcade.

There are two excellent panels of continental glass in a south window. One depicts Anna at the Presentation in the Temple, while the other is a beautiful Visitation, the Blessed Virgin placing her comforting hand on the arm of the elderly St Elizabeth, their eyes meeting in an expression of hope. Interestingly, the window sill beneath it has a piscina drain set into it, showing that there was once an altar here.

The east end of the north aisle forms a little chapel, and the glass in the north corner is a beautiful etched glass rendition of the Blessed Virgin and child. The 19th century glass in this aisle is all good, particularly the Presentation in the Temple scene, and from a few decades later comes a brass which notes, unusually, that the person remembered by it died from effects of poison gas, which I don't think I have seen on a memorial before.

 

 

If you would like to add to the Church Micro series yourself then please look here

http://churchmicro.co.uk/

 

There is also a Church Micro Stats & Information page that can be found at
http://www.15ddv.me.uk/geo/cm/index.html

 

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Gur frpbaq jbeq bs guvf onaqf anzr, jub ernpurq ahzore bar va 1983 jvgu 'Bayl Lbh' vf jurer lbh jvyy svaq gur pnpur.

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)