Elm undoubtedly one of Cambridgeshire's prettiest villages. Elm Village has a rich variety of historic buildings and picturesque gardens. Once surrounded by orchards and still scattered with attractive mature trees, the villages name surprisingly did not derive from the Elm tree itself but is recorded as 'Aelm' in the Anglo Saxon chronicle of 656AD.
Originally Elm Village and the surrounding area, (being so close to the sea) was a vast salt lagoon. Over the centuries many attempts were made to reclaim the land but these were not really effective until the Dutch engineer 'Cornelius Vermuden' was commissioned to formulate a drainage scheme in 1630. The twenty foot, Forty Foot and the Sixteen Foot Drains were cut and the tidal One Hundred Foot Drain known as the New Bedford River was begun. Thousands of acres of rich agricultural land were reclaimed. During medieval times Elm Village was partially drained by the Elm Leam which coursed from south of March, passing through Coldham and Friday Bridge towards Elm Church before linking with the River Ouse on the outskirts of Wisbech. A short length of this medieval stream still exists today in Friday Bridge and forms an attractive frontage to some new houses.
To find this cache you need to locate what year Elm won best Kept Village award - call that ABCD.
N52 (D-A)(B-A).A(C-C)(D-2A)
E000 A(C-B).(A+D)(C-2A)A
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If anybody would like to expand the Village Sign Series, please do. I would ask that you request a number for your cache first by filling in the new request form on the Village Sign Series website villagesignseries.co.uk https://www.villagesignseries.co.uk so we can keep track of the Village Sign numbers and names to avoid duplication.