Village Sign, Weston, Herts, UK
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bill&ben
N 51° 57.330 W 000° 10.154
30U E 694507 N 5759874
A wooden village sign, bordered in iron, standing near the village pond, Weston.
Waymark Code: WM9NNE
Location: Eastern England, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 09/10/2010
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The village sign depicts the legend of Jack O’Legs who is buried in the churchyard at nearby Holy
Trinity Church. It is reputed that Jack O’Legs,
an accomplished archer, requested to be buried wherever his arrow fell. His
arrow apparently travelled the three miles from Baldock
to Weston. The full legend of Jack O’Legs is
told in WM95PH.
On the wooden post of the sign there is a plaque telling the
story of Jack O’Legs and also a commemorative
plaque providing the history of the plaque. The plaque reads:-
THIS SIGN WAS
COMMISSIONED AND
ERECTED BY WESTON
PARISH COUNCIL
TO COMMEMORATE THE 50TH
ANNIVERSARY OF THE
END OF THE
SECOND
WORLD WAR 1945.
IT WAS DESIGNED BY
THE ARTIST
JANE LAMEY OF WESTON
PATTERN MAKERS
ANTONY AND RICHARD
OSBORN
OF WOODTURNERS
BALDOCK
CASTINGS AND IRON
WORK
BY HENRY ISAAC
THE FOUNDRY ST
IPPOLYTS
SIGNWRITER COLIN
MOORE STOTFOLD
AND OFFICIALLY
UNVEILED
ON THE 16TH
AUGUST 1998