All Saints was built in 1867–68, and paid for by Joseph Hirst. It was designed by the Huddersfield architects John Kirk and Sons. Joseph Hirst was a woollen mill owner from Wilshaw near Huddersfield, whose wife came from Chester, and he had bought a house near Thornton Hough as a place to recuperate from his business stresses. He bought land in the village to build the church for £600, and laid its foundation stone in March 1867. The cost of the church, excluding the cost of the land, amounted to about £8,500 (equivalent to £750,000 as of 2018). It was consecrated on 5 May 1868 by the Rt Revd William Jacobson, bishop of Chester. In addition to paying for the building of the church, Hirst also paid for the vicarage, the school, and the school house. He also paid for a school and school house at Raby, a village nearby. In the early 20th century a vestry was added by Jonathan Simpson.
The cache is not at the posted coordinates.
Look at the church information board and use the 11 digit telephone number to work out the cache location.
A = 8th digit
B = 2nd digit
C = 4th digit plus 5th digit
D = 9th digit
E = 4th digit
F = 8th digit
Check sum for final 6 digits is 17
The cache can then be found at N53 19.ABC W003 02.DEF.
Please be stealthy and place back securely once signed.
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http://churchmicro.co.uk/
There is also a Church Micro Stats and Information page that can be found at
http://www.15ddv.me.uk/geo/cm/index.html