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The Ghost of Howley Hall RELOCATED (W Yorks) Traditional Cache

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Hidden : 3/20/2003
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

Part of a series of three caches based in the countryside between Morley & Batley.

This cache has much to offer, The location is less than one mile from the M62 and can be approached from many directions as it is at a point where four or five public footpaths meet. Some routes are less demanding than others, choose whichever one suits your mood. There is no need to trespass on the adjoining golf course to reach the cache, although one route will involve crossing the 16th fairway using a public right of way.

I would suggest that a circular route starting at N53 43.464 W01 37.601 and returning via N53 43.851 W01 37.148 and the B6123 would make a pleasant afternoon stroll as it will take you past "The Needless" should liquid refreshment be called for.

This cache can now be done as part of a series of three, giving a very pleasant 4 miles walk on good footpaths and roads. The cache is hidden close to the ruins of Howley Hall, dating from 1590, which, garrisoned for the parliament, sustained a heavy siege from the royalists during the Civil War. It was an exquisite Elizabethan mansion built upon a fine commanding situation, by Sir John Savile, afterwards Baron Savile, of Pontefract, Privy Councillor, MP for Yorkshire and probably one of the richest men in the North of England, and received considerable additions from his son, the first Earl of Sussex.

The main portion was blown up in 1643 by the Duke of Newcastle at the instigation of the agent to Lord Cardigan and now only the ruins remain at the side of the 17th fairway of the Howley Hall Golf Club.

The ruins are said to haunted. One afternoon in 1972 Mr. and Mrs. Bunney of Leeds were walking near the ruins of the old hall and noticed a woman whose appearance was unusual, walking towards them. "She had a long dress with a dark top and a curious red mantilla veil over her face and shoulders". Mrs. Bunney said, "but it just as I commented on this to my husband the figure faded and vanished". A couple of years later Mr. Gomershall, a mill worker, saw two men and a woman in the same area. "I thought they were golfers" he said, "but when my dog barked and growled at then they just vanished". The figures had appeared in `dark loose clothing of an early period.

You do not need to disturb any of the stones that made up the walls of the Hall to find the cache.

Please be very careful when hunting this cache as it is a busy spot and is in sight of the nearby golf course. Much of the underground parts of the ruins are still accessible and great care must be taken if taking small children with you on the hunt for the cache. Exponents of night-time caching are warned that open holes and pits are dotted amongst the ruins and caution is recommended.

Please re-hide the cache carefully and make sure that it cannot be seen by passing walkers.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Ybbx sbe na biny ubyr va gur fgbar jbex naq srry oruvaq.

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
-------------------------
N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)