Church Micro 672...Hinxworth
The Church of St Nicholas is a Church of England parish church in the village of Hinxworth in Hertfordshire and is a Grade II* listed building dating mostly to the 14th century. The church comes under the Diocese of St Albans. The church is dedicated to St Nicholas and almost certainly stands on the site of an earlier church however there is no mention of a priest at Hinxworth in the Domesday Book. The West tower and battlemented nave are 14th century with 15th century alterations and are built of flint rubble with clunch dressings. The chancel which was rebuilt in about 1830 is of early 19th century red brick chequered with stone dressings. The tower is in two stages with angle buttresses and battlements. The gabled South porch dates to the 15th century. The chancel measures 20 ft. by 16 ft., the nave 42 ft. 6 in. by 20 ft., the west tower 10 ft. 6 in. square and the south porch 12 ft. by 10 ft. St Nicholas' has an aisleless nave with a late 19th century panelled roof supported on four 15th century carved wooden corbels. In the splay of the North nave window and in the south east corner of the nave are two unusual canopied niches. Beside the north window is a 14th century spiral staircase, now blocked at the top which originally led up to the now lost rood screen. The west arch is of about 1350 and has semi octagonal shafts. The original chancel arch was demolished in about 1440 and a misshaped replacement was built about 2 ft further east. The clerestory was raised at the end of the 15th century and a new low pitched roof was installed above it. The chancel has a panelled ceiling with simple bosses while the stained glass windows are mid 19th century.
This is a multi cache and IS NOT at the published coordinates.
The cache is a 5ml tube.
To find the cache:
At the published coordinates you will find a bench with a plaque on. Check this out.
The first year to appear on the plaque is ABCD.
The second year to appear on the plaque is EFGH.
Final coordinates:
N 52° FE.BF(C+G)
W 000° AH.(B-A)ED
Checksum of all digits in the coordinates = 41