tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7611055706073214403.post8009873439205108852..comments2024-03-27T18:21:45.182+00:00Comments on Unmitigated England: Missing WalterPeter Ashleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00027878122724846472noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7611055706073214403.post-25886201746671276532012-10-24T19:56:58.662+01:002012-10-24T19:56:58.662+01:00It's very strange to see this sign again. I sp...It's very strange to see this sign again. I spent the first 16 years of my life in Belchamp Otten and used to cycle endlessly around the triangle that the sign sits on.<br /><br />I would spend hours chatting with the farmer Mr Branwhite who lived in the house behind in the photograph. He would lean against the ate chain smoking Players Navy Cut.<br /><br />I remember him mentioning that Belchamp Walter appeared on the sign after it was returned from being taken down during WW11.Stuttshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06713709936289958813noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7611055706073214403.post-56646815116146605962010-04-09T18:00:22.803+01:002010-04-09T18:00:22.803+01:00What great names English villages have...nothing l...What great names English villages have...nothing like them on this side of the pond I'm afraid.Vinogirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10145696108646897751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7611055706073214403.post-60918929146639065042010-04-09T07:48:11.533+01:002010-04-09T07:48:11.533+01:00This part of Suffolk is quite magical. Once again ...This part of Suffolk is quite magical. Once again Mr.A you've evoked fond memories of walking its lanes and as you say, vernacular architecture at every turn. The 'Clare' of the finger post, as well as your subject is always worth a visit too...with a butcher selling Suffolk 'Black' bacon and the fascinating 'Trinders' second hand book shop and antique woodworking tools.Jon Dudleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09717891707293701969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7611055706073214403.post-54962702291421482862010-04-08T04:44:24.545+01:002010-04-08T04:44:24.545+01:00Sorry, will try again, with link:
There's a c...Sorry, will try again, with link:<br /><br />There's a collection of photos of other finger posts in Essex on <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/13171205@N08/sets/72157602024604218/with/3996714920/" rel="nofollow">Flickr</a>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7611055706073214403.post-15017332290725335672010-04-08T04:39:34.281+01:002010-04-08T04:39:34.281+01:00There's a collection of photos of other finger...There's a collection of photos of other finger posts in Essex at http://www.flickr.com/photos/13171205@N08/sets/72157602024604218/with/3996714920/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7611055706073214403.post-61628382008229590512010-04-07T22:39:58.679+01:002010-04-07T22:39:58.679+01:00It's odd, this place name that seems to derive...It's odd, this place name that seems to derive from a homestead with a timber-beamed roof. The <i>Oxford Dictionary of British Place Names</i> confirms it, though. There's another possibility, which it that rather than coming from the Old English 'belc', a timber-roofed hall, it may come from OE 'belt', which can be a strip of land or maybe a personal name. But a strip of land is even less distinctive than a beamed roof, so the roof probably has it. Great sign anyway.Philip Wilkinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04893714514416441572noreply@blogger.com