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Add Location| Owner: | Psychiker  |
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| Plant date: | Aug 17, 2014 |
| Location: | |
| City: | Malvern |
| County: | Chester |
| State: | Pennsylvania |
| Boxes: | 1 |
| Found by: | The Elephant and The Fox |
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| Last found: | Aug 3, 2016 |
| Status: | FFFFFFr |
| Last edited: | Nov 3, 2015 |
Your search happens at St. Peter’s in the Great Valley, an Episcopal church in Malvern, Chester County.
This box has been planted with permission of the church’s vestry. Please search discreetly because the church hosts many events, not only on Sunday mornings.
Turn right at the mailbox and drive up the hill, taking the first left turn at the top. Park in the lot near the white stone wall. You are now at the highest point in the Great Valley.
If you find a limousine or more than about 15 cars then please visit downtown Malvern and return later. The Flying Pig Saloon has decent food and a very good beer list.
St. Peter’s started as a mission to settlers in the Welsh Tract in 1700. The Reverend Evan Evans made the long trip from Christ Church in Philadelphia to serve the pioneers here. Around 1710, the church built a log chapel, which was soon lost to fire.
St. Peter’s has three cemeteries. You drove through the new cemetery, which is still open, on the way up the hill. The old cemetery is to the north of the enclosed section.
The historic cemetery is within the white stone walls. You don’t have to enter to find this letterbox, but you may want to do it anyway.
If so then follow the brick path north of the wall toward the church building, which was built in 1744, with an addition in 1856.
About halfway down the brick path, turn left and enter the small gate with the sign on it.
Please lock the gate when you enter and when you leave. This will protect the sheep.
Yes, sheep! St. Peter’s borrows three sheep to maintain the grass in the historic cemetery, protecting the old gravestones from mowers and trimmers. Volunteer shepherds from the church help to tend the sheep.
All of the sheep are ewes. Bell has a white face. Robin and Rory look similar.
The sheep are working sheep, not petting sheep. Please do not chase them, feed them, or expect them to approach you.
You’re free to move around the cemetery and the sheep will move away from you if they feel uncomfortable.
There is good reason to think that some of the soldiers who died in the Paoli Massacre, which happened on September 20-21, 1777 in what is now downtown Malvern, are buried here. If so then they are probably in the northwestern corner.
The oldest stone in the historic cemetery dates to 1737. If you are walking the rows, please read a few names out loud. It’s a powerful way to acknowledge some persons who are long gone.
After you leave and lock the gate, follow the brick path back to the parking lot, stop at the first tree to the south, and walk for about 2 minutes on a bearing of 105 degrees, stopping at the end of the building on your right.
This route will take you past the church office and pre-school.
St. Peter’s sits on 16 acres. Much of the maintenance is done by the Bad Boys for Jesus, a group of volunteers who tend to the grounds, mowing and repairing things and then drinking modest amounts of beer.
If you see someone with any kind of machine, he’s probably a Bad Boy.
The route also takes you past the shed used as a base by the Bad Boys and through a grove often called the Bad Boys’ Grove, but which is historically known as the Pastor’s Grove.
The building on your right is the bank barn, which looks like it has been here since the beginning but was built in 2005. It’s a worship space, a gathering place, and host to weddings. It’s also the home of the St. Peter’s Players.
Stop at the far end of the bank barn and walk for about 50 seconds on a bearing of 145 degrees.
This will take you to the labyrinth.
It’s not a maze, in that there are no wrong turns, dead ends, or ways to get lost. The labyrinth is a contemplative spiritual exercise. You don’t have to walk it to find the letterbox, but if you want to do it, there are guides in the wooden box.
Please also take a look at the white box at 90 degrees. That is the church’s beehive.
Honeybees are in decline in and St. Peter’s is doing what it can to help. We have volunteer beekeepers, too.
You certainly do NOT have to approach the hive to find the letterbox but please be gentle with any bees that you might encounter. They like the clover in the last part of your search.
From the entrance to the labyrinth, walk for about 2 minutes on a bearing of 215 degrees to a park bench near a wall. Have a seat, relax, enjoy the beauty of this place.
When you are ready, the letterbox is beneath the bench’s legs on the downhill end. A paving stone on each side protects the box from erosion and trimmers and mowers. Please move one, stamp in, replace the box, and then replace the paving stone.
This box has been planted with permission of the church’s vestry. Please search discreetly because the church hosts many events, not only on Sunday mornings.
Turn right at the mailbox and drive up the hill, taking the first left turn at the top. Park in the lot near the white stone wall. You are now at the highest point in the Great Valley.
If you find a limousine or more than about 15 cars then please visit downtown Malvern and return later. The Flying Pig Saloon has decent food and a very good beer list.
St. Peter’s started as a mission to settlers in the Welsh Tract in 1700. The Reverend Evan Evans made the long trip from Christ Church in Philadelphia to serve the pioneers here. Around 1710, the church built a log chapel, which was soon lost to fire.
St. Peter’s has three cemeteries. You drove through the new cemetery, which is still open, on the way up the hill. The old cemetery is to the north of the enclosed section.
The historic cemetery is within the white stone walls. You don’t have to enter to find this letterbox, but you may want to do it anyway.
If so then follow the brick path north of the wall toward the church building, which was built in 1744, with an addition in 1856.
About halfway down the brick path, turn left and enter the small gate with the sign on it.
Please lock the gate when you enter and when you leave. This will protect the sheep.
Yes, sheep! St. Peter’s borrows three sheep to maintain the grass in the historic cemetery, protecting the old gravestones from mowers and trimmers. Volunteer shepherds from the church help to tend the sheep.
All of the sheep are ewes. Bell has a white face. Robin and Rory look similar.
The sheep are working sheep, not petting sheep. Please do not chase them, feed them, or expect them to approach you.
You’re free to move around the cemetery and the sheep will move away from you if they feel uncomfortable.
There is good reason to think that some of the soldiers who died in the Paoli Massacre, which happened on September 20-21, 1777 in what is now downtown Malvern, are buried here. If so then they are probably in the northwestern corner.
The oldest stone in the historic cemetery dates to 1737. If you are walking the rows, please read a few names out loud. It’s a powerful way to acknowledge some persons who are long gone.
After you leave and lock the gate, follow the brick path back to the parking lot, stop at the first tree to the south, and walk for about 2 minutes on a bearing of 105 degrees, stopping at the end of the building on your right.
This route will take you past the church office and pre-school.
St. Peter’s sits on 16 acres. Much of the maintenance is done by the Bad Boys for Jesus, a group of volunteers who tend to the grounds, mowing and repairing things and then drinking modest amounts of beer.
If you see someone with any kind of machine, he’s probably a Bad Boy.
The route also takes you past the shed used as a base by the Bad Boys and through a grove often called the Bad Boys’ Grove, but which is historically known as the Pastor’s Grove.
The building on your right is the bank barn, which looks like it has been here since the beginning but was built in 2005. It’s a worship space, a gathering place, and host to weddings. It’s also the home of the St. Peter’s Players.
Stop at the far end of the bank barn and walk for about 50 seconds on a bearing of 145 degrees.
This will take you to the labyrinth.
It’s not a maze, in that there are no wrong turns, dead ends, or ways to get lost. The labyrinth is a contemplative spiritual exercise. You don’t have to walk it to find the letterbox, but if you want to do it, there are guides in the wooden box.
Please also take a look at the white box at 90 degrees. That is the church’s beehive.
Honeybees are in decline in and St. Peter’s is doing what it can to help. We have volunteer beekeepers, too.
You certainly do NOT have to approach the hive to find the letterbox but please be gentle with any bees that you might encounter. They like the clover in the last part of your search.
From the entrance to the labyrinth, walk for about 2 minutes on a bearing of 215 degrees to a park bench near a wall. Have a seat, relax, enjoy the beauty of this place.
When you are ready, the letterbox is beneath the bench’s legs on the downhill end. A paving stone on each side protects the box from erosion and trimmers and mowers. Please move one, stamp in, replace the box, and then replace the paving stone.