Gautby Village Sign
Gautby Village Sign Information:
The stained glass window is taken from that of All Saints’ Church, Gautby, the shire horse represents the agricultural history and the current popularity of shire horses in the village; the orb is part of the Crown Jewels and was commissioned by the Vyner family, whose descendants owned Gautby Hall and much of Lincolnshire. The oak tree can be found at the entrance to what was Gautby Great Park.
The Sign of Gautby shares some of the same elements as the Minting sign as both villages are part of the same parish with the barn owl and the fingerposts being common elements. The window frame is based on Mel Harris’ drawing of the old Methodist Chapel window, in Chapel Lane, Minting.
Gautby Village Information:
Gautby is a village in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. The village is situated 6 miles (10 km) north-west from the town of Horncastle, and is part of the Minting civil parish.
Gautby parish church is dedicated to All Saints, and is a Grade II* listed building, rebuilt in 1754 of red brick, incorporating some medieval work by Robert Vyner of Gautby Park as a family chapel.[1] Inside, there are two reclining stone figure English church monuments: on the north side, Thomas Vyner, and on the south, Sir Thomas Vyner, former lord mayor of london. Originally in St Mary Woolnoth church, London, they were both erected 1672, and moved by Sir Robert Vyner when Gautby church was rebuilt.[1] A further memorial, an incised slab, records the murder of Frederick G. Vyner by Greek brigands in 1870.
Gautby Hall, the ancient seat of the Vyner family, was destroyed in 1874. Set in Gautby Great Park it was, according to Pevsner, probably designed by Matthew Brettingham; the park has returned to arable land but the hall's stables and lake with island still remain. On the island was an equestrian statue of Charles I "trampling on a prostrate foe", recorded by Kelly's Directory in 1885.[6] Pevsner relates that this statue by Jasper Latham is now at Newby Hall, North Yorkshire.
There are two possible deserted medieval villages west of Gautby; Little Minting, and Thorley. However, no earthworks have been found. Unlike Gautby, both are mentioned in the 1086 Domesday Book, when Little Minting was recorded as having 28 households, 260 acres (1 km2) of meadow and 1,110 acres (4 km2) of woodland. Thorley was recorded as having four households, 175 acres (0.7 km2) of meadow, and 680 acres (3 km2) of woodland.
This is a Multicache, to obtain the coordinates for the next part, follow the instructions below:
To the right of the village sign as you are looking at it, you'll find another bright sign. From this object find the five small numbers:
Make this ABCDE
The cache can be found at:
N53° A(D-C).C(D+A+C)(E+A+C)
W000° C(D-A).(A+D)((B+E)-D)A
About Village Sign Caches
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This cache belongs to the Village Sign Series, a series of caches based on ornate signs that depict the heritage, history and culture of the villages that put them up (generally on the village green!).
The signs can be made of different materials from fibreglass to wood, from forged steel to stone. They can depict anything from local industry to historical events. The tradition probably started in Norfolk or Suffolk and has now spread across most of the country so we thought we would base a series on them!
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If anybody would like to expand the Village Sign Series, please do.
I would ask that you request a number for your cache first at www.villagesignseries.co.uk
so we can keep track of the Village Sign numbers and names to avoid duplication.