This category is dedicated to village signs that depict the
heritage, history or culture of the village in pictorial form. The signs are
unique to the individual village or township (population size approx. 5000 for a guideline). Materials used might include wrought or cast
iron, wood carving, painted wood, plastic moulding etc. Signs may be typically found on village
greens or near the local church. We will accept one sign per village or township as sometimes there maybe several of the same sign at different ends of the community. In the case of there being several signs, a good quality waymark would include these on the same waymark, noting different co-ordinates in the description.
Examples of what the category is looking for can be found at
the Village Sign
Society web site.
What the category will not accept are plain village signs,
signs saying “Welcome to…”, laminated information boards, or signs displaying twinning
arrangements. The dominant element of the sign must be pictorial, ie the sign should be a picture with incidental lettering, NOT a sign that is predominantly lettering with a token picture on it. If a sign has already been waymarked in the Welcome Signs category, then it may not become a waymark in this category. Officers reserve the right to have the final decision in exceptional circumstances.