'Cambridgeshire' Category
Great Staughton, Cambs
Great Staughton consists of three distinct areas: The Highway (where the village sign is located), the Town, and the Moor.
I suspect the sign shows all three of these areas, as the 13thC St Andrew’s Church is in the Town, the Sundial (dated to 1637) is on the Highway close to the sign, and the [...]Gamlingay, Cambs
Front and back of this sign have slightly different designs, but St Mary’s Church, the most impressive in the area according to Pevsner, appears on both.
The name of the village is from the Saxon, “Gamlin’s Hae” or Gamlin’s Island, as the area at one time was quite marshy. A great fire in 1660 destroyed [...]Cheveley, Cambs
Cheveley is close to Newmarket and the Cheveley Stud, and this connection is shown on the sign by the presence of the horse and foal.
The village boasts a 12thC flint-built church, with an unusual octagonal tower and attached Barbican (also depicted on the sign), and also the remains of a ruined castle. Chevely Park [...]Arrington, Cambs
Arrington village sits just off of Ermine Street, a few miles north of Royston.
The village church of St Nicholas, which sits high above the village, is depicted upon the sign. The figure shown doesn’t meet the usual image of ‘St Nick’, but looks more Roman – possibly an acknowledgement of the nearby Roman Road?
Arrington Parish [...]