This cache is part of a series of caches which are placed at or near village halls and community centres. For details and statistics visit the Village Hall Series website Click here
Newton Solney is a small village and civil parish in South Derbyshire, about two miles southwest of Repton. It sits at the confluence of the Rivers Trent and Dove. Formerly the River Trent could be forded here (please don't try this!) and indeed the OS map still shows a bridle path crossing the river but you won't find a way across. Anglian invaders in the 6th century called it Niwantune meaning "the new farm". After the Norman invasion the area passed to a a Norman by the name of "de Solney" and by around 1300 it became known as Newton Solney. Norman knights were fond of hunting and the de Solneys created a hunting park out of the woodland. The first church was built in the 12th Century. There would also have been a manor house, likely somewhere near the present Newton Park Hotel.
The village hall was built by Robert Frederick Ratcliff, one time High Sheriff for Derbyshire, in 1932 to the designs of the architect Arthur Eaton and Son. The side elevation of the hall overlooks a bowling green.
The cache is a simple multi and it's recommended to drive to the final location where you can pull in nearby. Look at the noticeboard at the front of the village hall (first waypoint) and find the telephone number of the manufacturer, this is ABCDE FGHJKL. Note to avoid overlapping icons with the lab stage, the posted co-ords are slightly offset from this.
The final is located at N52 4(J+L).(C*D)(L-G)(F-G) W001 3L.ELJ
The checksum of all digits in the final coordinates is 58