Village Sign
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The white lion rampant has been part of the Colvile coat of arms since 1280. The six bells denote the six bells on St James' parish church, built in the 13th century. On the right hand side of the sign there is a woad plant. Woad was grown to the end of the 19th century in Newton and was probably pressed in the woad mill at Parson Drove. In the present day, one local pub is called the Woadman's Arms and the other the White Lion. The latter has the lion rampant as its sign.
This information is taken from The Cambridgeshire Village Book, written by members of the Cambridgeshire Federation of Women's Institutes and published by Countryside Books. The book was first published in 1989, when the White Lion pub was still open.