Church Micro 14148...High Wycombe - Trinity URC Multi-Cache

About Trinity United Reformed Church

Trinity United Reformed Church has a history in High Wycombe stretching back well before the present building. Congregationalism in the town can be traced to the seventeenth century, following the Act of Uniformity of 1662. One of the ejected clergy, the Revd Samuel Clarke, settled in Easton Street and established a congregation in his own home. By 1713, local Nonconformists were meeting at the Crendon Lane Meeting House, the first purpose-built chapel associated with the congregation.

The present church was built in 1850, with its foundation stone laid on 30 April by the Revd John Hayden. Designed by Charles Searle, it is built in a distinctive Norman or Romanesque style, with a symmetrical façade, twin towers, round-headed windows and a central arched entrance. Constructed largely from squared rubble stone with ashlar dressings, its prominent position overlooking The Rye has made it a familiar landmark in High Wycombe for more than 175 years. The building was designated Grade II listed in 1973.

The connection with the older Crendon Lane congregation continued for several decades. In 1883, its worshippers formally united with the Trinity congregation, while the old premises were retained for Sunday school and other activities. When Crendon Lane was later widened into Crendon Street, the old meeting house was sold, and part of the proceeds helped fund the construction of Crendon Hall, added to Trinity's premises in 1923. A later extension, the Lionel Jowett and Kate Smith Rooms, opened in 1984.

Trinity was originally a Congregational church, but became part of the United Reformed Church in 1972, when the Congregational Church and the Presbyterian Church of England united. The church continues to occupy its historic site on London Road, opposite Pann Mill and beside The Rye, linking the present-day town with a tradition of Nonconformist worship in High Wycombe that has lasted for over three centuries.

The Cache

At the posted coordinates you will find a letterbox with postbox number HPAA BCD

The cache can then be found at N51 37.(B+C)(A-1)(A+B) W000 44.C(A+C)(A-1)

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