The village may have originated as an Anglo-Saxon settlement alongside the Roman road, Icknield Way, which is close by. Domesday Book has the village named as Sextone (or the 'tun' of the Saxons), and it is written as Saxham in later documents. The village sign shows a cock pheasant with its colourful plumage, and there has been a cache (Don't scare the bird GC3V4G5) close to the village sign since 2012, so this cache has to be hidden a little walk away but still just within sight of the village sign!
Saxon Street was once thought of as 'a considerable hamlet of Woodditton' and although Saxon Street is part of Woodditton parish, it has the feeling of a separate village 'street' with a series of very well-kept old properties looked after by a caring community.
About Village Sign Caches
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This cache belongs to the Village Sign Series, a series of caches based on ornate signs that depict the heritage, history and culture of the villages that put them up (generally on the village green!).
The signs can be made of different materials from fibreglass to wood, from forged steel to stone. They can depict anything from local industry to historical events. The tradition probably started in Norfolk or Suffolk and has now spread across most of the country so we thought we would base a series on them!
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More information, bookmarks and statistics can be found at the Village Signs Website
If anybody would like to expand the Village Sign Series, please do.
I would ask that you request a number for your cache first at www.villagesignseries.co.uk
so we can keep track of the Village Sign numbers and names to avoid duplication.