11th April 2021 - Dullingham, Stechworth, Westley Waterless and Six Mile Bottom

 Introduction

One of our favourite rides with the addition of Stechworth and our first visit to Westley Waterless. The total distance was about 52km (32 miles). Six Mile Bottom is on my list of hamlets rather than my list of villages. 

Dullingham

Double sided - church with horse rider and cricketer batting

Church with horses ploughing and cricketer bowling

Plaque on post: "Painted by Mr. M. Prater Unveiled by Mr. P.B.Taylor 27th October 1990"

Stechworth

Double sided - both sides the same. Recent varnish by the look of it.

Pheasant in front of view of church with horseshoe and dark blue flower. 2000 AD

Westley Waterless

A different style of village sign. Both sides the same - but I have inserted both pictures below.

The village church "St Mary the Less 1160AD"

Westley Waterless 975AD first settled 975AD"

The images is a 3D relief from the brasses in the church

The brasses from the church - Sir John de Creke and his first wife Alyne Clopton who died in 1325.

Six Mile Bottom

A hamlet on my list but it has a church and a pub. Part of the parish of Little Wilbraham. 

Horse racing. Grouse and hare. 

Plaque on the reverse 

"SIX MILE BOTTOM

The sign was erected by the Parish Council in 2014.

The children at Great Wilbraham Primary School produced ideas for the sign. Developed from one of the children's ideas, the proposed design for the village sign includes references to relevant historical links for the village.

Six Mile Bottom existed in name before it developed as a settlement, deriving this name from its distance from the Newmarket Racecourse, and the fact that it lies in a valley bottom. There has always been a connection with hunting and shooting in the area for many years including royal patronange.

The design of the sign refers to both of these historical activities.

Manufactured by Teversham Engineering: Artwork by Veronica Taylor"

73 village signs in 24 rides so far