Litcham, village sign and notice board
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Litcham, village sign and notice board
Image: © Bikeboy Taken: 18 Aug 2014
The sign shows a leather tanner at work, Matthew Halcott. Leather tanning was an important industry in Litcham in the Elizabethan era.by the C15. The plaque at the bottom of the notice board reads: "The top panel shows Matthew Halcott, a master tanner standing by a tanning board, tanning knife in hand. He lived at priory farm, an ardent royalist he built the church tower in 1668 as a thanksgiving for the restoration of Charles II. The coat of arms is that of Sir Thomas Felton K.C. the last resident Lord of the Manor of Litcham. He fought at Crecy & Poitiers and died in 1381." The sign is in the old market square. The market was granted its charter by Edward I but by 1836 it had ceased to function.
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Image Location
Latitude
52.72267
Longitude
0.792986