Church Micro 14004...Huttons Ambo
St Margaret's Church, High Hutton
About this church
The present Church is a Grade II listed building dedicated to St. Margaret of Scotland and apparently, during the latter part of the 19th century, also to St. Barnabus.
It is known that in 1308 there were churches in both High and Low Hutton, however in 1800 demolition was granted of the ancient chapel of All Saints in Low Hutton, which stood at the southern extremity of the green in order to restore the church at High Hutton. The repairs cannot have been very efficacious since little more than 50 years passed before the old parish church was pulled down. Where it's ancient site is easily discernible in the middle of the churchyard a short distance to the south of the existing structure.
The current structure was built In 1856 at a cost of approx. £1500, raised chiefly by public subscription on this new site to a design by Mr Rawlins Gould after the original church was demolished. It is of small dimensions in the style of the 13th century and consists of a nave with a north aisle of three bays, a quire with an organ chamber and vestry on the north and a south porch. The organ was installed in 1871 and a vicarage built in 1868.
This new church was restored in 1956 by Professor Sir Albert Richardson.
The modern reredos has four paintings on wood of Scriptural subjects, probably foreign and dating from the 18th century. In the vestry are fixed two monuments from the old church, the earlier a large mural tablet with a cleft pediment to Sir Thomas Gower of Stittenham, bart. (d. 1651), with his arms. On the opposite wall is a well-carved tablet with terminal female figures at the sides to Margaret daughter of Sir Thomas (d. 1659) with a quartered coat and Gower, Ermine a cross paty gules, for Grindall, Bendy or and azure. In the nave aisle are two handsome heraldic ledger stones commemorating Major E. Ward Gower, fifth son of Sir Thomas (d. 1672), and Marjory Gower, another daughter (d. 1673), both stones bearing the Gower arms.
The east window, by Knowles of York is triple, and on the west gable is a bellcote containing two bells.
The church plate was presented by Hannah and Sarah Starkey in 1862, and consists of two cups, a paten and flagon, bearing the London date marks for 1859 and the two following years. The ancient set includes a pewter flagon, two patens and a silver cup.
Just outside the church gate, to your right as you leave, may be seen a small stone believed to be all that remains of the old parish stocks.
To solve this multi-cache you will need to obtain the following information:
A = Forth digit of the Rev'd Douglas Robertson's telephone number
B = Last two numbers of the year Muriel Legard died, you may need to sit and think about this.
C = Thomas E Best died age _2
D = On which day in October did Elizabeth Annie Best die?
E = Kate Best died in 18_2
The cache can be found at:
N54° 06.(E-C+D) C E
W000° 50. A B
You can validate your puzzle solution with certitude.
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