The Church
St Mary’s RC Church is a chapel of ease served from the parish church of Our Lady of Mount Grace, Osmotherley. Since 1993 the parish has been looked after by Benedictine Monks from Ampleforth Abbey, York.
The Crathorne family maintained the Catholic faith after the Reformation and Mass was probably celebrated in the manor house. The present chapel, the work of the ‘resident missioner’, Fr George Corless, using funds donated by Ralph Crathorne in 1742, was completed by 1821. This replaced the adapted cowhouse, located on the same site, where Mass was previously celebrated.
The present chapel is described as being ‘of outstanding importance on both historic and architectural grounds. The exterior is modest for a Catholic chapel of its time, but the interior is a remarkably complete example of box pews, gallery and rich Gothick decoration of the highest quality.’
The Cache
The given co-ordinates will take you to the entrance to the church and its attendant notice board. This board will enable you to calculate the final co-ordinates for the cache which is a short walk away.
6 April 2018: I have been informed that the notice board has changed again.
You will need to use the white board to answer the following questions.
24 Oct 2020: Given the long term effects of the closure of the church and the consequent covering of the notice board I have decided that I should add a photograph of said notice board prior to the shut-down so that I can re-renable the cache and get the powers-that-be off my case.
The cache is located at:-
N 54 27.ABC, W 001 19.DEF
Where:-
A = Number of letters in the 4th word on the notice board;
B = Tenth digit of the telephone number;
C = Third digit of the telephone number;
D = Number of letters in the 3rd word minus those in the 4th word on the notice board;
E = 6th digit - 7th digit of the telephone number;
F = Hour at which Sunday Mass is observed.
Checksum = 32
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