Worth Village Sign
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Worth Village Sign by David Anstiss as part of the Geograph project.
The Geograph project started in 2005 with the aim of publishing, organising and preserving representative images for every square kilometre of Great Britain, Ireland and the Isle of Man.
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Worth Village Sign
Image: © David Anstiss Taken: 13 Feb 2011
As seen in Image Because both the illustration and the lettering are reminiscent of a particular kind of seaside postcard or, a slightly dated advertisement poster, this sign stands out. It shows a veteran local yokel leaning on his walking stick in front of a typical five-bar field gate and pointing down the road towards the village, as though some wayfarer had stopped to ask him the way. The legend under the picture promises, 'There's Good Worth in Word', which is about as enigmatic as it could be until you learn that the name of the village derives from the Old English 'word', meaning an enclosure.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.254859
Longitude
1.339211