Charles Mordaunt, 3rd Earl of Peterborough and 1st Earl of Monmouth, (1658 – 25 October 1735) was an English nobleman and military leader.
In 1723 Peterborough rented a house and the surrounding estate at Bevois Mount on the outskirtsof Southampton. He spent a lot of time there in semi-retirement with his second wife, Anastasia Robinson. This was beautifully situated with a view over the River Itchen. Here he was frequently visited by his longstanding literary friends Swift, Gay, Voltaire and Pope. Alexander Pope was such a frequent visitor that a walk in the beautifully laid out grounds was named after him. In 1735 when Peterborough was in the throes of his final illness, Pope visited him and wrote a moving letter about his friend finishing with the line,
’This man was never born to die like other men any more than to live like them’.
With thanks to Bevois Mount History group for placing and maintaining the murals and for the above text.
To find the cache study the Board of Honour at the mural site and answer the following questions:
How many times does the letter X appear? = A
How many words in the full name of the church? = B
Describe Tony the Hairdresser (or Tiger) = C
Describe the Kebab shop = D
How many pubs are named? = E
How many bus companies are on the boarrd = F
The cache is not far away at N50 55.FCB W001 23.(E+D)(Dx2)A
This is a densely populated residential area, please be resectful of property and boundaries and use yuor eyes and ears to keep our caching secret safe.