The Sign
At the top border of the sign is a heavy horse in the pasture representing the importance of the horse before the tractor and mechanisation. On each side are straws of golden wheat symbolic of the arable farming. In the centre panel is the church of St Mary with the trees, just as they are in the churchyard. The tributary of the Chilton Stream is no longer a ford but is represented by the wavy line between the church and the ploughed field in the foreground. In the four corners are gold rings which represent the Placket Ring, a gold finger ring of the 9th or 10th century which was found near to the village. The sign was erected in 2001.

The Name and Population
It was called Poslindewrda / Polingeorda / -ewrda in the Domesday Book and Poselingwrtha in 1195. The name means " The enclosure of the family or followers of a man called Possel", from Old English. The addition of 'ford' only came in the 17th century. The population was 187 at the 2011 census.

Other Points of Interest
The Golding family were for several hundred years one of the principal families of the parish. As early as 1573 George and Henry Golding had been called upon to show by what title they held the Rectory of the church, and probably the manor was already in the family at that date. In 1635 Thomas Golding held the manor and the advowson.