Church Micro 4946...Shepshed - St Winefride's Traditional Cache

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La Lunatica:

This cache has been flagged by Geocaching HQ as one that may need attention. I notice that no action has been taken by the owner to correct the issue. Could the owner please check this cache and give an indication of when it may be sorted out. If there is no response to this log after 30 days I will archive the cache. In the meantime I am disabling the cache.

Guidelines:

  • You are responsible for occasional visits to your cache to ensure it is in proper working order, especially when someone reports a problem with the cache (missing, damaged, wet, etc.) or posts a Needs Maintenance log. Temporarily disable your cache to let others know not to search for it until you have addressed the problem.

You are permitted a reasonable amount of time - generally, up to 4 weeks – in which to check on your cache. If a cache is not being maintained, or has been temporarily disabled for an unreasonable length of time, we may archive the listing.

Could the cache owner please place a note on the cache page so that other cachers and I can see what your intentions are.

If you no longer wish to maintain the cache then the listing should be archived.

Please DO NOT send an email about this cache in case I do not receive it. Posting a reviewer note will ensure your cache does not get archived in error.

Please note that the guidelines say that if a cache is archived by a reviewer or Geocaching HQ staff for lack of maintenance then it will not be unarchived. Here is the link to the relevant part of the guidelines Ownership after publication.

Regards

Suzanne
La Lunatica - Volunteer UK Reviewer www.geocaching.com
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Hidden : 3/11/2017
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size: micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

St Winefride's Church - Shepshed


The original Pick Street church was built in less than a year by Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin. Pugin designed and built the church out of local materials and refused to accept a fee for his work. The church was dedicated to God under the patronage of St Winefride on Friday, 18th November 1842. The Rosminian priests served the Shepshed mission until 1852. Then, the mission was kept alive until 1870 by the generosity of the priests of Mount Saint Bernard.

In 1870, Father John Aloysius Martens arrived in Shepshed and was destined to serve the parish for the next 46 years. Many achievements marked his stay in the parish and in particular the purchase of land and the property known as 'The Elms' (the current presbytery) plus the purchase of land in Britannia Street upon which to build a new school.

By the early 20th century, the increase in number of catholics in the parish meant that the church in Pick Street was no longer big enough. Canon Bernard Hobson, the parish priest, had to make provision for this increase. As an imaginative and engaging method of fundraising, the people of the parish were asked to buy bricks for the construction of the current church building. After considerable fundraising efforts, the foundation stone for the new church, next to the presbytery in Charnwood Road, was laid on Saturday, 4th June 1927. The plans for the new church were drawn by Messrs Young and Reid, architects of Grays Inn, in London.

The new St Winefride's church was officially opened on Tuesday, 10th April 1928. It has an overall length of 90ft and a width of 48ft. The square tower rises to 50ft in height. Grey sand faced bricks were used for the construction with Bath stone facings. The roof is of hammer beam construction made from Colombian pine and the roof is covered with Delabole slates.

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