The village church in Linton is dedicated to St. Nicholas and lies just over the brow of the Quarry Hills over looking the Weald.
Linton Church was originally a Norman structure of ragstone and was a single cell, consisting of Sanctuary, Chancel and Nave. The church was re-built and added to around the 13th and 14th centuries. It is believed that a private chapel and the South aisle of the nave were added in the reign of Edward III.
The church was substantially re-built again between 1560 and 1565.
As it stands today the church is the result of its last final reconstruction in 1860. Its whole appearance changed, the old tower was pulled down and the East central wall and window removed. The church was then extended at both East and West ends and the North aisle added. A new and more massive tower was added in the northwest corner. The whole cost was borne by the Ladies Elizabeth and Louisa Cornwallis. They also installed a Walker Organ in 1864 which has recently been restored.
The coordinates take you to a bench commemorating AB years of service by Mr Alfred Cheeseman who retired in CDEF
The cache is a 35mm film canister containing a log book and a small pencil (So may be best to take your own writing implement).
The cache is not located within the church grounds, it is located at Northing 51 13.FA(A+C) Easting 000 31.C(D-F)E
Please ensure that you hide the cache back correctly, with plenty of coverage.
If anybody would like to expand this series please do, I would just ask that you let sadexploration know first so he can keep track of the Church numbers and names to avoid duplication
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