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This cache follows the Penryn Heritage Trail. The co-ords above are for the start of the trail, which is the door to the Penryn Museum. It is well worth popping in to the museum, as it is free, and you can pick up the official guide to the trail inside for £5.99. There are 6 stages to the cache and then a short walk to get the end cache.
The cache involves a walk of just over a mile, and is quite easy in most parts although the end cache location may be a little muddy.
To complete the cache you must work out the clues hidden in the paragraphs below.
The end cache is located at
N C0-E0.00B W005-06.ADF
From the first set of co-ords head down Lower Market street to N50-10.065 W005-06.112. The first plaque of the trail is mounted on the King's Arms pub. It is not known when the building was first built, but it was known to be owned by the Edgecumbe family from the 17th to the 19th century. There was a long line of doctors who lived in this building, the last of which was Dr Turner, who was injured in 1737 when the tin miners rioted, up to 400 miners who were starving were forced to go through the streets of Penryn breaking into houses to get corn to feed themselves and there familys. He left the building in 1751, and moved to falmouth, the building has been a pub ever since.
If you look across the road from the pub you see the old fire station. The fire station was built in 1899, If you look on the door of the fire station you see there is a number on the glass door followed by the letter A. The number should be used to replace the letter A in the co-ords for the final cache.
Next carry on down the road to N50-10.049 W005-05.967, as you walk down Broad Street you will pass houses on you left, these houses were mainly occupied by sea captains in the 17th and 18th centuries, in those days there back gardens used to extend all the way down to the river, where there boats would be tied up. You will also pass the old libary and the row of Georgian houses known as the Square. When you reach the above co-ords you will be in Memorial Gardens. This garden is a memorial to the 18 people who died in a German bombing raid, The bombs hit the houses which were once here, and destroyed them. The raid happened on the 13th of May 194B. Find B and add it to the final co-ords.
From the gardens you need to go to N50-09.998 W005-06.047. To get there cross the road and walk back up the hill a little way untill you reach Bohill, walk down Bohill to the co-ords. Bohill is one of the oldest streets in Penryn, and it was known to have existed in the Middle ages, although then the houses were thought to have been cob and thatch. At the bottom of Bohill is the 3rd plaque of the trail under the plaque is the building number, take the first or second digit of this number and add 1 to it, this number can then be entered into the final co-ords as C.
From the 3rd plaque you need to get to N50-09.983 W005-06.134. to get there walk half way up St Thomas street where there is a small alley way called College Ope, walk down the alley to the 4th location. On you way take some time to look at St Thomas street, this street was once the main road from Falmouth to Truro, and there are some interesting details on the houses on this street such as the carved frieze of Thomas Becket on number 38 and the bowed out window numbert 48 which is thought to be from a ship. When you get to the above co-ords for this stage you will be in the location of Glasney College. This large college was a major center of learning, both secular and religious and stood untill 1548 when England changed from Catholic to Protestant worship. It was dissolved in the reign of Edward IV. But to get the letter D for the final co-ords you need to find out when Bishop Bronescombe of Exeter founded the college. He did it on D6th March 1D65.
To get to the 5th stage at N50-10.086 W005-06.165 you need to retrace you steps back up College Ope and walk the rest of the way up St Thomas Street at the top turn left and walk up Higher Market Street, untill on you left hand side at the above co-ords you see the 5th trail plaque. If you wlak through the lane the plaque is in you will be in the quiet 16th century square known as Easom's yard, many of the little cottages in this square have parts of masonary from Glasney College built into there walls. To work out the letter E for the final co-ords, stand at the plaque, look across the road and Eden Green is No E8.
To get the final clue carry on up the road to N50-10.093 W005-06.165. The Co-ords are for a plaque on the town hall, the town hall is on the site of a medieval church dedicated to St Mary. the church was demolished in 1549 and the town hall was built as a market house, although the clock tower and bell was not built untill 1839. The town hall has been the focal point of life in Penryn for hundreds of years. It also used to house the towns prison. To get the letter F find out In what year J A Jenkins died 19F8.
You should now have the all the clues to fill in the co-ords to get the final cache, walk across the road and down Saracen Way. At the bottom of the road keep on following it around untill you come to some steps on your left that take you to Glasney Woods. The cache is hidden some where near here. The co-ords are close but tree cover can effect gps reception, but with the clue the cache sould be easily found.
Additional Hints
(Decrypt)
Haqre Vil va 1 bs 2 fznyy jnyyf