Canwick, All Saints
A simple off-set multi-cache. The cache is not hidden at the published coordinates! Gather the information using the questions below to find the corodinates and the access combination.
The church is a grade 1 listed building located off Hall Drive, down a gravel pathway. It dates from the Saxon/Norman era and was the local church for the Sibthorpe family.
The central part of the nave is 11th century, with mid 12th century arches to the north aisle and to the chancel. In about 1350, the nave was extended westwards and large decorated windows were installed, including one at the west end, now hidden by the organ. Perhaps the church's most interesting feature is hidden from view altogether. In 1815 the digging out of a vault for Sibthorp burials in the present vestry revealed remains of a Roman tesselated pavement, more of which was found a century later under the tower floor. (extracts from 'A walk round Canwick, the Lincolnshire Estate village of the Sibthorps' by Dennis Mills.
It seats 150 people. A World War I memorial is located in the churchyard. In the north east corner are some graves of members of the locally renowned Sibthorp family .
The Coordinates
Look for the grave of James Henson and find the coordinates using the formula:
N53 AB.CDE W000 FG.HJK where...
Mary was 7A when she died
B = the number of the month in which she died
C = the number of Zs on the headstone
D = the number of times the word 'never' appears on the headstone
E = the number of letters in the 13th word on the headstone
F = the total number of words in the 1st & 3rd lines of horizontal text
James died in January 189G
H = the number of crosses on the headstone
J = the number of stars on the headstone
K = the total of the digits in the day that Mary departed
The Access Code
You will need these three digits to open the cache
- The number of words in the first line of horizontal text
- B
- the number of letters in the first word of the third to last line of text on the headstone
Please replace, lock and secure the cache exactly as you found it, ensuring that it it is out of sight and that you have not been watched.
Good luck!
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