Fornham All Saints village sign
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Fornham All Saints village sign by Adrian S Pye as part of the Geograph project.
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Fornham All Saints village sign
Image: © Adrian S Pye Taken: 25 Aug 2008
A dark unpainted sign depicting crossed swords and a steel helmet commemorating two battles which took place here. In around 902 King Edward fought off a cousin to retain the English crown and in 1173 Henry II defeated the Earl of Leicester and a Flemish army at the Battle of Fornham. The fish on the reverse are trout and are there because the word Fornham means 'trout village' derived from the old English words forne and ham. https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/6753472
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Image Location
Latitude
52.275664
Longitude
0.691892