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Historic Home - Holly Lea & Plough Inn Redux Traditional Cache

Hidden : 7/15/2023
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:


Placing a new cache here close to the former cache position.

The Plough Inn was built between 1816 and 1821 on 60 acres of land purchased by William ray, a former convict. Who sold the property to Nathaniel Boon in 1826.

Boon arranged a mortgage of 252 pounds in 1829 on the property to build the residence. Boon and his wife Sarah had triplet sons and Boon licenced the property as the “Three Brothers Inn” in 1832. Boon Died in 1839.

William Ray’s son William Jr leased the Property from Boon’s widow in 1845 and the Inn became ‘The Travellers’ Home’, He was declared insolvent in 1869.

By 1884 the site was called Borobine House and had a new owner, The Hon. John Davies CMG. Davis renamed the site Holly Lea.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

V jbhyqa'g jnag gb furq nal yvtug ba guvf pnpur.

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)