Yaxley village sign
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Yaxley village sign by Adrian S Pye as part of the Geograph project.
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Yaxley village sign
Image: © Adrian S Pye Taken: 20 Dec 2020
The bird is the cuckoo, the name “Yaxley” means 'cuckoo-clearing‘ also the nickname of the local football team is The Cuckoos. The other object is the sexton’s wheel of which this is the only one to still exist in the county and of only two in the country and can be seen in the church of St Mary.
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Image Location
Latitude
52.325882
Longitude
1.111815