Information about the church:
St Stephen-in-Brannel
Dedicated on 20th August 1261 by Bishop Bronescombe of Exeter, its patron is unknown, but the bishop recorded in his register that he had just dedicated ‘the church of St Stephen juxta Hyndemore’, the church near the moor which extends to what is now known as Hensbarrow.
It is likely that this is not the first church in St Stephen, indicated by the ancient crosses in the churchyard by the south door, and by the name of the nearby farm, Egloshellens, suggesting an earlier church; according to some dedicated to St Elent, by others to St Helen. Opposite the crosses is a reading stone, where the priest would give out the news after the Sunday service.
The very oldest visible parts of the church are the south door and the Norman font, dated by historians as between 1150-1180. Originally sited inside the door, it now stands in an imposing and elevated position at the west end of the church, and the bowl is one of the best of its type, carved with exotic beasts, lilies, and corner heads with crowns. Evidence can also be seen of where 13C fixings were used to fasten the cover on the font to prevent people from stealing the holy water.
The tower was struck by lightning in 1784, and by the time Revd A R Taylor was appointed in 1852 the church was in a very bad state. Successive Rural Deans in the early 19th century reported that the end chancel wall ‘was out of perpendicular’, the roof was out of repair, and suggested that the floor ‘of common soil’ should be laid with stones. Delaying the building of a Rectory here, Taylor was determined to make God’s house watertight, and a major restoration was undertaken in 1854. Also elevated, the High Altar is in Taylor’s memory. Something that didn’t survive this was a fresco painting depicting the martyrdom of a mitred figure with a rope around his neck who was laid out on a tomb or altar, surrounded by others, including another bearing a mitre, holding their hands in the attitude of lamentation.
(All information on the church was taken from the church website)
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This is a short wherigo based around the Church in St Stephen-in-Brannel, or just St Stephen to the locals.
It has 6 easy questions to answer, and is easier if you attempt during the day, but can still be done at night. I originally tested it in the dark, but I knew the answers! 
The hint is given at the end of the wherigo, as are the directions that you may need to follow.
Please be stealthy when finding the cache, and return it hidden away please.
Parts may be muddy or slippery, depending on the weather so be aware and wear sturdy footwear.
There is a cafe near the back of the hall, in the parking area, which currently has winter opening hours of:
Mon, Thurs, Fri, Sat: 8:30am - 2:30pm
Sunday: 9:30am - 2:30pm
Congratulations to pencoise and Joesmile on joint FTF
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
If you need help with downloading directly to your phone, try these steps:
For android phone users, you will need to download the whereyougo app if you haven't already.
Once you've downloaded the app, go to settings, click login credentials and sign in using your geocaching account information.
To get the cartridge to download directly from that app to your phone, you need to go to your phone settings, open apps, click on the whereyougo app, click set as default, click supported web addresses and then turn on both the wherigo.com links. You only need to set this up once, but if an app update stops it from doing so, just re-do the steps above.
This will allow it to download straight to the phone rather than manually downloading the cartridge to your phone, going into my files, selecting the cartridge download and then manually moving it to the whereyougo folder.
As far as I know, iOS users can download directly to their phones using the Wherigo app.
Clicking the wherigo link in the description will automatically download the cartridge to your phone if all is set up correctly.