Cache and Dash with short term parking close by. Small screwcap tube
It was a sister cache to What's in a Name, about 180 metres away as the crow flies. Unfortunately someone decided that they liked the name and stole it!!
The name of St Ippolyts, although spelt in a variety of ways, is derived from St Hippolytus (the patron saint of horses and riders) to whom the village church was dedicated. According to Daphne Rance in her book on the parish "St. Ippolyts: a country parish in the nineteenth century" (1987) at various times also known as Epolites, Pallets, Nipples or St Ibbs. In the same vein, the 1881 census mentions the following 28 place names, all of which are believed to refer to it: Iplits, Ipolits, Ipollitts, Ipollyts, Ipolytes, Ipolyts, Ippatyts, Ipplits, Ipployts, Ipplyts, Ippolett, Ippoletts, Ippolits, Ippolitss, Ippolits, Ippollitss, Ippolitts, Ippollit, Ippollits, Ippollitts, Ippollyts, Ippollytts, Ippololits, Ippolts, Ippolytis, Ippolyts, Ippolytts, Ippoplitts (either the reporters giving their place of birth or the recorders were relatively illiterate). On the A602 you can see alternate spellings of the village name still in use. The cache is at head-height. Replace as found. Although it is a country road, care should be taken if seeking the cache with children since drivers do not expect to see anyone walking on the roads around here.