Saturday 27 February 2021

21st February 2021 - Milton, Oakington and Westwick, Dry Drayton, Madingley, Trumpington

Milton

Milton village sign

Milton village sign
Two sided with pictures of Baits Bite Lock

Histon and Impington

We cycled from Milton to Impington, the Impington sign was not by the church or at the crossroads with the B1409. Over the crossraods, we cycled straight past the Histon sign on the left while we looked right at the village green with a pump on a stand which seemed a likely location.

Oakington and Westwick 

Oakington and Westwick village sign
Avro Lancaster, church and famer ploughing. 
Oakington and Westwick village sign
Plaque on the post: "This village sign was erected in 1988 using funds raised from a Village Day. Oakington, referred to in the Doomsday Book as Hoccas Farm has close ties with the R.A.F. during World War II. The keystone was recovered from the ruins of the local mill, built in 1863."

Dry Drayton

Dry Drayton village sign
No village name on the sign. Crest inside wooden wheel.

Madingley

Madingley village sign.
Double sided, same on both sides. Crest

Coton and Grantchester

We didn't spot one in Coton or Grantchester on the roads that we took through the villages

Trumpington

Trumpington village sign
Knight on charger and crest. Plaque says: "Erected in 2010 by the People of Trumpington replacing teh sign erected in 1987."


17 signs so far in four days


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