St Thomas' Church (named for Thomas a Becket) is thought to have
originally been the hospice of Ramsey Abbey. The Abbey was founded
by Ailwine, a Saxon noble, in 969. The site chosen was then the
largest and finest of the islands of a great marsh formed by the
waters of the Ouse. It was afterwards connected with the mainland
by a causeway constructed by the monks. After the dissolution, the
abbey was given to Sir Oliver Cromwell (Uncle of the Lord
Protector). The title 'Baron de Ramsey' was created in 1887 and
bestowed upon Edward Fellowes. John Ailwyn Fellowes is the 4th
Baron de Ramsey.
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There is plentiful free parking at the listed coordinates. To
find the cache, you need to gather some information at each of the
locations in the picture clues, which are all within a hundred
yards or so of the parking. There is then a walk of under half a
mile across pleasant, well kept, green countryside but be sure to
stay on the marked public footpath.
Location 1 What year is it when "ye know
not when the time is"? 13A3
Location 2 How many times does the word
"Regiment" appear? 3B
Location 3 What date surrounds the
crest? 183C
Location 4 2nd Lord Fairhaven was born
in? 19D0
Location 5 When was the Brownie Pack
formed? 19E3
The cache is located at N52* 26.(C-A)D(E+E) W000*
06.E(C-B)D