Holy of Holies Multi-Cache
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An easy off-set cache. With magnificent views of Nottinghamshire, and a local history lesson. The cache is not suitable for cachers with disabilities or pushchairs as there are a few stiles to negotiate.
Park at The Bird in Hand Public House N53 05.697 W001 07.569 and walk up the road to the church - the item you are looking for is in the middle of the church grounds. When you find it - you will need to do a very easy sum. Ground Floor side Windows = GF Upstairs side Windows = UW The cache is located at N53 05 (GF-1)39 W001 07 (UW+1)73. When you head to the cache look out on the left hand side of the lane for a stile, with a the public footpath sign despite appearances this really is a public footpath and not someone's garden. If you continue along this path you will get to the Little John Public House - however a word of caution this path becomes VERY muddy after wet weather. A little history of the church: The church would have originally been a wooden structure, but was replaced by one of stone during the Saxon period. It was known as the Chapel of St Lawrence until the time of Richard III (1483-1485), when a tower was built onto "The church of St Mary". Its full dedication is St Mary of the Purification. The tower is the only remaining part of the old church, as the original structure fell down in 1736, after being in a 'bad state of repair' for some time. The rebuilding work was carried out by Rhodes of Barlborough, and the arcade of five arches were supposedly the design of a pupil of Christopher Wren. The repaired church was re-opened in 1740, and the church was further enlarged in 1839. St Mary's church is also the location of the annual Rocking Ceremony. The origins of the ceremony go back at least 400 years, to a service known as 'The Presentation in the Temple'. The custom had to be revived in 1842 by the then Vicar, J. Lowndes, after a lapse of 150 years, and again in 1922. The male child born in the parish nearest to Christmas day is rocked in a beautiful flower-decked cradle at a special service on the first Sunday in February. For Robin Hood historians - Maid Marian was thought to have lived in the parish before she married Robin and Will Scarlett is reputedly buried in this Church Graveyard.
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