A short multi around this lovely church.
Christ Church was built between 1902 and 1904, and was designed by William and Segar Owen. The church was paid for by William Lever who founded the soap factory of Lever Brothers in Port Sunlight. The chuch is built from the red sandstone of Helsby, Cheshire, with a York stone slated roof.
The Bells
The peal of eight bells was cast by the London firm of Mears and Stainbank and raised in 1904 when Christ Church was opened.
The heaviest bell, known as the tenor, weighs nearly three-quarters of a ton and is tuned to the key of F.
Stage 1
In 1914 the Lever family vault was added as a memorial to the memory of Lady Lever. There is a plaque on the side.
Find the following letters and convert to numbers using a letter to number code where A=1 B=2 C=3 etc
A = Line 1, Word 1, Letter 5
B = Line 2, Word 1, Letter 2
C = Line 3, Word 1, Letter 2
Stage 2
Find the grave of Rev Harold Swindells, a previous minister of this church
D = The date of his birth minus 1
EF = Years he was minister of the gospel minus 30
CHECKSUM A+B+C+D+EF = 36
The cache can be found at N53 21.ABC W002 59.DEF a short walk away.
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