Ickleford Village Sign sits on the village green. The upper half of the sign depicts the origin of Ickleford’s name. The two travellers fording the river allude to the ford part of the name. Unlike many towns and villages with ford in their name Ickleford does not get its name from the river being forded but instead from the way that fords the river, namely the Icknield Way. The lower half of the sign separated from the upper half by the Ickleford name on a scroll shows one of Icklefords major activities, milling. The mill wheel, wheat stoop and milling stone all refer to Ickleford Mill.
This is a multi cache and IS NOT at the published coordinates.
The cache is a 30ml tube.
To find the cache:
At the published coordinates you will find the village sign with a plaque on. Check this out.
The year on the plaque is ABCD.
Final coordinates:
N 51° (D-A)C.(D-A-A)D(C-D)
W 000° AD.CC(A+D)
Checksum of all digits in the coordinates = 61
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.