TQ7053 : Teston Village Sign
taken 13 years ago, near to Teston, Kent, England
Teston is a small village on the A26 west of Maidstone. There is a Mediaeval bridge across the River Medway just south of the village. The Village has a shop/post office, church, village hall & farm shop. Readers, makers of cricket balls, have a factory in the village.
Wikipedia: Link
King George VI recommended that the old custom of identifying villages with carved or painted name signs could be revived. In 1920, Biddenden had won a Daily Mail competition for a sign featuring the two Biddenden Maids.
More villages followed, especially in 1953, the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II. More signs have been put up due to the Millennium. This has meant half of the county villages are identified.]
See also Link , an article on Kent Village Signs