Reepham is a beautiful market town with 18th century houses and market place and is surrounded by stunning countryside between the Wensum and Bure Valleys.
Dating back to just after the Norman conquest, Reepham has beautiful 18th century buildings lining pretty streets and alleys. The town is home to shops, a 16th century pub and The Dial House, an early 17th century red brick house and former brewery. Reepham market was founded in 1277 when Sir John de Vaux obtained a charter from King Edward I.
Today, the market place, a conservation area, holds a country market on Wednesday mornings, as well as frequent antiques fairs.
The town is home to three churches and legend says three sisters built the churches in Reepham, and this is reflected in the town sign. Today, there are only remains of one of the churches while St Mary’s, open to visitors, is now the single parish church and St Michael’s is mainly used as a community building.
The coordinates bring you to the front of sign. To work out the coordinates for the final look up at the Church clock and use the bottom word as ABCDEFGH
The cache can be found at N52 (D-E) (A) . (F) (F-C) (H-G) E001 (C-C) (B-E) . (F-1) (G-D) (E-A)
About Village Sign Caches
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!
More information and statistics can be found at the Village Signs Website - https://www.villagesignseries.co.uk
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.