Wimblington, originally a hamlet in the larger parish of Doddington became an independent parish with the opening of the church of St Peter’s in 1874. The village is split into two by the A141 which follows the line of the old St..Ives extension of the Great Eastern Railway which ran though the nearby towns of Chatteris and March. Wimblington railway station closed in 1967.
The village has won numerous‘Best Kept Village’ awards
About Village Sign Caches
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This cache belongs to the Village Sign Series, a series of caches based on ornate signs that depict the heritage, history and culture of the villages that put them up (generally on the village green!).
The signs can be made of different materials from fibreglass to wood, from forged steel to stone. They can depict anything from local industry to historical events. The tradition probably started in Norfolk or Suffolk and has now spread across most of the country so we thought we would base a series on them!
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More information, bookmarks and statistics can be found at the Village Signs Website
If anybody would like to expand the Village Sign Series, please do.
I would ask that you request a number for your cache first at www.villagesignseries.co.uk
so we can keep track of the Village Sign numbers and names to avoid duplication.