Story of Otford Village, Otford, Kent, UK
Posted by: Team Sieni
N 51° 18.781 E 000° 11.312
31U E 304067 N 5688388
This mosaic depicts the history of the village of Otford, and was commissioned by the Otford Society to commemorate the millennium.
Waymark Code: WM4P3Y
Location: South East England, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 09/14/2008
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This mosaic depicts the history of the village of Otford, from pre-history through to the present day. It was commissioned by the Otford Society to commemorate the millennium.
The Mosaic starts with pre-history (a Pterodactyl), then moves on to a man making flint tools, the Bronze Age, the arrival of the Romans (there is a Roman villa nearby), Anglo-Saxons, The Battle of Otford (776) between King Offa of Mercia and the Jutes of Kent under Egbert II, Normans(?), Thomas Becket (after whom a holy well in the village is named), the origins of Cricket, the arrival of Steam, modern times and ends with a mother picking an apple and handing it to a child.
In the border are dates and representative objects (a skull for the Black Death, up to a mobile phone and a DNA helix.
(NB I may have made some errors of interpretation above.)
The mosaic is by the artist Oliver Budd.
Links
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Otford website Pictures of the mosaic
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Mosaic Matters review of a book featuring the Otford Mosaic
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Budd Mosaics website of Oliver Budd, the creator of the Mosaic
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WM4P49 Waymark of the same model, in the "Made for the Millennium" category.
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Wikipedia Otford.
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Battle of Otford
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Megalithic Portal Becket's Well