GC42JBK Church Micro 3188...Bures (Multi-cache) in Eastern England, United Kingdom created by BEASTMARSTA

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Hidden : 12/8/2012

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St Marys Church - Bures
This is a straight forward multi cache, The given coords are for the church. Use Peggys bench in the church yard to get the value of ABCD to use in the formula below.
Use the date on the bench! - 19AB - 20CD
N051 58.(A+1)(B-1)A - E000 46.(C+3)(C+1)(D+3)
The final cache is roadside with parking close by.
The church is in Suffolk but the cache is in Essex.
Please replace the cache with the bag seal facing down the help prevent the log sheet getting wet. Many thanks.
Heres a little church history.
The River Stour is the border, and it flows not far from the western edge of the churchyard. The Suffolk side styles itself Bures St Mary; however, this church was never dedicated to St Mary until the 19th century Anglican revival, when one of the results of the Oxford Movement was a renewed interest in church dedications. The confusion arose because of a now-vanished chapel in the churchyard dedicated to the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin. In fact, the dedication of this church in medieval times was probably to the feast of All Saints.
You can enter the church through either the north or the south porches, but both are lovely. The red brick early 16th century south porch in particular is stately and grand, with its fine holy water stoup with supporting figures, and wide open space suited for the conduct of parish business. There is a fearsome exterior headstop low on the west side, which must surely be older than the porch - 13th century, I should think. Either the Tudors reused it, or the Victorians placed it here during their restoration.
This church is a Tontagon.

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