Beetley village sign
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Beetley village sign by Adrian S Pye as part of the Geograph project.
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Beetley village sign
Image: © Adrian S Pye Taken: 3 Apr 2021
The sign shows a woodsman, using a wooden mallet to drive a stake into the ground. The Anglo-Saxon word for a mallet is ‘betel’, and the many hardwood trees in the area made it a good place to manufacture and produce these tools. Hence it became known as Beetley. This sign was erected for a village centenary in 1994, not quite sure what of though. https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/6796350
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Image Location
Latitude
52.717554
Longitude
0.921259