Chelsworth village sign (detail)
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Chelsworth village sign (detail) by Adrian S Pye as part of the Geograph project.
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Chelsworth village sign (detail)
Image: © Adrian S Pye Taken: 18 Mar 2015
Documents in the British Museum record King Edgar giving the village to Queen Aethelflaed in 962 and this is what is depicted on the village sign when it was called Ceorleswyrthe. On the post is the coat of arms which combines the Saint George’s cross of England, with a shield bearing the arms ascribed by mediaeval heralds to the Anglo Saxon Kingdom of East Anglia and the Wuffingas dynasty which ruled it, three golden crowns on a blue background. https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/4389951
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Image Location
Latitude
52.095529
Longitude
0.889275