Arrington Village Sign- Cambridgeshire
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Norfolk12
N 52° 08.082 W 000° 03.666
30U E 701129 N 5780093
A Colourful sign at the road junction in this Cambridgeshire Village.
Waymark Code: WMC8Y4
Location: Eastern England, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 08/10/2011
Views: 2
The sign shows the church of St Nicholas with monastical figures either side.
Arrington is on the A1198 road, the old Roman Ermine Street. Around 950, the settlement's name was written as Earnningtone; in the 1086 Domesday Book it was spelled Erningtune. By the 13th century, the village was known as Aring(e)ton(e). The probable meaning was 'farmstead of the family or followers of a man called Earn(a)'.Flint tools have been found along the spring line around Church Farm.
Location: grassy area at junctions of roads
Plaque: no
Construction Material: carved painted wood on a wooden pole
Sign Date: Not listed
Occasion Commemorated: Not listed
Artist: Not listed
Web Address: Not listed
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