Church Micro 12894...Great Missenden Multi-Cache

Great Missenden parish church is dedicated to St Peter and St Paul. It sits on the side of a hill off to the east of Great Missenden, which is never likely to grow as far as the church since the A413 was rerouted and now forms a barrier separating it from the village. It is a beautiful and tranquil place of worship and is well worth a visit.

The earliest record of a church on this site was 1133 when Great Missenden Abbey was founded, though there was likely to have been a church here for a long time before that. A separate church was built alongside the abbey when it was founded and was demolished shortly after the dissolution of the abbey in 1538 leaving this as the only remaining church in Great Missenden for at least a century.

The main structure of this church is from the 14th and 15th centuries although large parts of the church were rebuilt in the 19th century, as was the fashion in this part of the country. The oldest part of the building is the 12th century baptismal font, though this has itself been restored recently. At some point after the dissolution of the abbey the church tower was rebuilt incorporating stone from the abbey church including, in some places, medieval window frames.

Roald Dahl

In 1990 Great Missenden parish church became the last resting place of long term local resident Roald Dahl. Originally from Cardiff in Wales Dahl had been a resident of Great Missenden since 1954 and many of his notable works were written right here in the village. These included Danny, the Champion of the World, which was inspired by the gipsy caravan that was kept at the bottom of Dahl's garden.

Roald Dahl's grave has become a tourist attraction in the village and is still visited by fans from across the globe. It can be found at the published coordinates. Nearby is a circular bench set around a tree, featuring the names of Dahl's five children and three step-children, and the base has been set with words from Dahl's own poetry.

To find the cache find the respective words or names either on the bench or set into the base and complete the sums accordingly. All names and words are to be counted from the BFG footprint in the direction of the text.

The cache can be found at:

Note: Where a word appears more than once in the text, take the position of the first time it appears.

Note: There are no digits missing in the westings, so please stop messaging me about this. [three] is a word in the poem. Where in the poem does the word [three] appear?