The Sign
The sign is located in the church car park, just opposite and first erected in 2004. It has two different sides with the round tower church on both and depictions of older farming methods of ploughing using heavy horses on one with a hare and a coil of rope (local hemp industry), and a modern ploughing method on the other with a tractor; also including a cock pheasant and a few cows. Grapes, red and white are on both sides and apples representing the local fruit grown at Valley Farm. The sign was refurbished in 2020 by David Barber and Thomas Jones as seen on the sign.

The Name and Population
The population was 268 at the 2011 census. Known as Wis(s)eta in the Domesday Book. It possibly means "Witta's fold", from Old English.

Other Points of Interest

Gray's Lane is where a Mr. Gray hanged himself, and his ghost swings from a tree here on certain nights; could this be related to the depiction of the rope on the sign, probably not.

Early in 2011 two hoards of Bronze Age axe heads and spears, together with a single rapier blade, were discovered in Wissett by two metal detectorists. The hoards were found about nine metres apart. The second hoard was excavated fully by the County Archaeological Team, and expert examination of the objects has shown them to be over 3,000 years old, dating to the Middle Bronze Age. The items were valued at £4,300 by the British Museum.

Wissett St Andrew round tower church