St Bartholomew church was built in the 15th century and was made of flint and brick with some stone dressing. It was partly demolished in 1549 during the dissolution. The church served a densely populated quite poor region of the city. It was a rather squat looking thing with aisle roofing that was as high as the main Nave roof and the tower was quite slender and tapered in comparison to the bulk of the building.
However, on the night of the 27th of April 1942 the church was a casualty of the first of the big raids that came from the North and West of the city. The attacks concentrated around the Site of City Station but fanned out along the Dereham Road, one such bomb found St Batholomew and burnt it out.
The site remained a ruin until well after the war with the aisle walls still standing but it was deemed too dangerous to leave as it was so the body of the church was demolished and the old tower made safe. Two of the bells were transferred to the St John de Sepulchre church on Ber Street (Church Micro 1678...Finklegate GC2PN1W)
The cache is hidden close to the ruins and the container is a smaller version of what probably hit the church during the blitz.
There is a playground on the site, so stealth may be required.
On street parking might be available nearby in Northumberland Street, Heigham Street or Waterworks Road if you are lucky, but it should make an easy detour if you are completing any of the other caches nearby down Marriots Way.
There are few small swappables inside and a pen. BYOP just in case.
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