Holy Trinity Church, Bishop Sutton
Background
Bishop Sutton is a village on the northern slopes of the Mendip Hills in the Chew Valley area of Somerset. The village has a background of coal mining and originally a lot of the inhabitants would have been connected to either that trade or farming. Holy Trinity church is Grade II listed and dates back to 1848. The church is situated in roughly the centre of the village on the main A368 road and is next to the village primary school.
Why a Virtual cache here?
My family moved to Bishop Sutton in 1984 when I was 9 years old, I went to the school that is next to the church for my final 2 years of primary education before going to the local comprehensive school (more of that later). Despite leaving home at 18 and never really living there again my Dad still currently lives in the house I grew up in so I have been back many many times over the years. I now live in Surrey and hence would be unable to perform maintainance on a physical cache here. I love Church Micro caches and as Holy Trinity didn't have one this seemed like a good way to use the Virtual cache I was awarded in 2022. The church is also personally important to me as my Mum's funeral was held here in 2016.
Tasks
1) At the published location you should be standing on the main path facing the door of the church. To the right of the path in the second row of graves away from the path is a white headstone to a husband and wife and their Son. The names on the grave have the initials F.E.B, D.B and J.R.B. Please make a note of the names of the parents and their Son and send the 3 christian names to me via the message center.
The Son used to drive the coach that transported the young villagers to the comprehensive school each day and so was someone I saw twice a day for 7 years of my education. The family used to run a garage and petrol station in the village as well as being coach drivers so were well known in the village.
2) Please take a photo of your caching name in front of the church or the church notice board. There is no need to show your self in the photo but feel free to do so if you wish. This will insure that you've visited the location.
Other Information
There is no need to wait for a response to your message before submitting a "Found It" log but I reserve the right to remove any logs that don't send the names of the 3 people to me and don't include a photo of the caching name or yourself at the location.
There is parking available for a couple of cars in Cappards Road opposite the church, please park considerately for the residents and please take car crossing the road as this is a main A road that can be busy. There is no pavement on the church side of the road so please take extra care when leaving the church grounds.
Church Micros
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
Virtual Rewards 3.0 - 2022-2023
This Virtual Cache is part of a limited release of Virtuals created between March 1, 2022 and March 1, 2023. Only 4,000 cache owners were given the opportunity to hide a Virtual Cache. Learn more about Virtual Rewards 3.0 on the Geocaching Blog.