Church Micro 1094...Wickham Market All Saints Traditional Geocache

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Hidden : 4/25/2017
Difficulty:
1 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size: micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:


Cache is placed with kind permission from the Vicar of All Saints. The cache is not located in the churchyard but a short distance away on a public footpath.
 
You enter through the porch beneath the tower, which stands to the south of the nave. This is quite common in this part of Suffolk, but what is unusual here is that the tower is octagonal, all the way to the ground. The octagonal tower slenders into a splendid lead spire, with a bell on the west side that is probably not in its original place. Indeed, Mortlock wondered if it had come from the magnificent sanctus bell turret on the east gable end of the nave. The shape of the aisles adds to a sense of clustering, familiar from Rickinghall Inferior. To your right is a pre-Reformation red brick Tudor aisle, built as a chantry chapel to Sir Walter Fulbourne. The wall plates of the beams have figures on them that might once have been angels, but they are vandalised, or restored badly, I'm not sure which.
Opposite is a 19th century north aisle, which you won't be surprised to learn is the work of Edward Hakewill, who had a thing about north aisles. The view to the east is most attractive in a Lavers, Barraud and Westlake kind of way. There is a restored set of sedilia and piscina in the south wall, and curious chancel aisles, which must have served some purpose.
Above the chancel arch is that quote from the Book of Genesis, more usually found outside over doorways: This is the House of God, and this is the Gate of Heaven. There is something similar at neighbouring Pettistree. Beyond, the reredos is a delight, all gorgeous gilt and Art Nouveau fluidity. Come back into the nave, and take a look at the pulpit with its relief of St John the Evangelist, surely by the same workshop as the reredos. I think it the best of its kind in the whole of Suffolk.
 
The above text contains excerpts from Simon Knott's excellent website  with grateful thanks.
 
 

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Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Ubcr jr qba'g fghzc lbh gbb zhpu

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)


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