Wymondham town sign
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Wymondham town sign by Adrian S Pye as part of the Geograph project.
The Geograph project started in 2005 with the aim of publishing, organising and preserving representative images for every square kilometre of Great Britain, Ireland and the Isle of Man.
There are currently over 7.5m images from over 14,400 individuals and you can help contribute to the project by visiting https://www.geograph.org.uk
Wymondham town sign
Image: © Adrian S Pye Taken: 8 Apr 2021
The sign at Wymondham is in the usual “T” shape to denote a town sign. It is surmounted by a representation of the abbey and a praying figure. It is double sided and both sides depict scenes from the Wymondham past wood turning industry. In the lower panel both sides are spoons as would have been manufactured by the wood-turners and the words which came to be pronounced Wymondham, ‘Win Munte Ham’, meaning the village on the pleasant mound. On the other side is the rebellious rabble rouser William Kett standing under ‘Kett’s oak’ who was hanged twice. For his deeds he was hanged from the walls of Norwich Castle on 7 December 1549; on the same day he was hanged from the west tower of Wymondham Abbey. https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/6805303
Images are licensed for reuse under creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0
Image Location
Latitude
52.570872
Longitude
1.110398