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A wooden gazebo with a conical tile roof and a metal weather vane stands on a stone-stepped base in a grassy village green.

Balsham Village Green (RGL 2022)

Prince Memorial Shelter

History of the Memorial Shelter

Balsham – A Village Story 1617 – 2017 says that the shelter was a memorial to William Alfred Prince. William died in 1928 and he left his estate to his sister Anne Ellen, She died in 1931 and left a bequest for a shelter to be built in memory of William to be named the Prince Memorial. William and Anne were the children of Thomas Prince, a Balsham family. William was a solicitor and ended up living in Kensington. Neither he nor his sister married.

The weather vane on the top was made by Harold Kitchener, blacksmith, whose forge one stood at 7 High Street.

Black wrought-iron village sign displaying a silhouette of a robed figure above the word BALSHAM and two white metal sheep.

Balsham sign (RGL 2022)

Weathered stone milepost on grass, inscribed with Icknield Way, Peddars Way, and Ridgeway with distances and direction arrows.

Milepost Balsham (RGL 2022)

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