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Sign post pointing in the direction of travel
A fingerpost (or guidepost) is a type of sign post consisting of a post with one or more arms, known as fingers, pointing in the direction of travel to
Fingerpost
1997 novel by Iain Pears
An Instance of the Fingerpost is a 1997 historical mystery novel by Iain Pears. The main setting is Oxford in 1663, with the events initially revolving
An_Instance_of_the_Fingerpost
Town in Kent, England
by appointment. There is a nearby village to the south called Ham. A fingerpost three miles from Sandwich in the hamlet of West Street points towards
Sandwich,_Kent
Hamlet in Worcestershire, England
Fingerpost is a hamlet and road junction in north Worcestershire, England, approximately 3 miles (4.8 km) west of Bewdley. It is located at the junction
Fingerpost,_Worcestershire
English art historian, novelist and journalist
international prominence with his best selling book An Instance of the Fingerpost (1997), which was translated into several languages. He is known for experimenting
Iain_Pears
One of the historic subdivisions of Yorkshire, England
Sheffield southward into areas historically in Derbyshire such as Dore. Fingerposts erected in the West Riding until the mid-1960s had a distinctive style
West_Riding_of_Yorkshire
Agreement between geographical entities
Fingerposts in Oskarshamn, Sweden, showing the direction from the post to each of the city's twin towns
Sister_city
Unreliability of eyewitnesses
however, watches events as they truly transpired. 1997: An Instance of the Fingerpost – a mystery novel featuring contradicting narrators. 1998: "Bad Blood"
Rashomon_effect
Signboard displaying information for road users
Later, signs with directional arms were introduced, for example the fingerposts in the United Kingdom and their wooden counterparts in Saxony. With traffic
Traffic_sign
2026 English local government election
Peasley Cross & Fingerpost Party Candidate Votes % ±% Reform Sharon Roughley 392 48.5 N/A Labour Damien O'Connor* 217 26.9 –33.1 Green Em Patterson 122
2026 St Helens Metropolitan Borough Council election
2026_St_Helens_Metropolitan_Borough_Council_election
succeeded two earlier editions, published in 1996 and 2010. The former 'fingerpost' style of Irish directional signs can still be seen in many rural areas
Road_signs_in_Ireland
Village in West Midlands, England
House at Home public house, while the Fingerpost pub (formerly The Royal Oak) is situated just north of the Fingerpost road junction at Yorks Bridge, near
Pelsall
UK Parliament constituency (since 2010)
Lea Green; Eccleston; Rainhill; St Helens Town Centre; Peasley Cross & Fingerpost; Sutton North West; Sutton South East (nearly all); Thatto Heath; West
St_Helens_South_and_Whiston
Association football club in West Bromwich, England
circulation in excess of 8,000 copies. The first West Bromwich Albion fanzine, Fingerpost, was published from 1983 until 1992, and was followed by several others
West_Bromwich_Albion_F.C.
Type of road sign
writes about milestones being placed in the 3rd century BC, while some fingerposts in the United Kingdom date back to at least the 1690s. However, it was
Direction, position, or indication sign
Direction,_position,_or_indication_sign
Public pathway in Essex, England
major landowner. The headways, at least in later years, were marked with fingerposts of the type then found on conventional roads, also driven into the sand
The_Broomway
Road in Shropshire
branches from the A456 2.2 miles (3.5 km) west of Bewdley, at a place called Fingerpost. Only the first 1.2 miles (1.9 km) of the route is in Worcestershire,
A4117_road
Narrative technique
horror film The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari; Iain Pears's An Instance of the Fingerpost; Shutter Island; and Kim Newman's Life's Lottery. The term "unreliable
Plot_twist
City and district in Oxfordshire, England
undergraduate at Wadham and Oxford resident, wrote An Instance of the Fingerpost. Philip Pullman (born 1946), undergraduate at Exeter, teacher and resident
Oxford
/ 50.8730°N 3.6319°W / 50.8730; -3.6319 ("Daniels Grave") Named on fingerpost Danson Interchange Bexley, LB Bexley A2 Rochester Way A220 Blackfen Road
List of road junctions in the United Kingdom: D
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Encryption and decryption method
example given in a published military textbook. In An Instance of the Fingerpost, a historical mystery by Iain Pears, a book cipher conceals one character's
Book_cipher
A fingerpost at Queslett Nature Reserve, in July 2020
Queslett
English serial killer (1941–1995)
July: Anne McFall, (18). McFall's remains were found on 7 June 1994 in Fingerpost Field, Much Marcle. Her body had been placed in a rectangular pit and
Fred_West
Unincorporated community in Pennsylvania, US
Census-designated place Clockwise from top, Wall House, Cheltenham Twinning Fingerpost, Cheltenham EMS Building, Cheltenham Township Municipal Building, Township
Elkins_Park,_Pennsylvania
2022 local election in St Helens
Peasley Cross and Fingerpost Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Damien Patrick O'Connor 325 60.6 Conservative Iris Brown 107 20.0 Green Alison Jill Donnelly
2022 St Helens Metropolitan Borough Council election
2022_St_Helens_Metropolitan_Borough_Council_election
Village in Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland
Ciemny Las Village A fingerpost pointing to the village Ciemny Las Coordinates: 53°39′48″N 18°30′45″E / 53.66333°N 18.51250°E / 53.66333; 18.51250 Country
Ciemny_Las
English politician and historian (1609–1674)
Fox. In fiction, Clarendon is a minor character in An Instance of the Fingerpost by Iain Pears and in Act of Oblivion (2022) by Robert Harris. He is also
Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon
Edward_Hyde,_1st_Earl_of_Clarendon
Country house in Warwickshire, England
Nile (1978); the 1980s television show Silver Spoons; An Instance of the Fingerpost (1998); The Mirror Crack'd (1980); a 1995 episode of Keeping Up Appearances
Compton_Wynyates
Scottish poet (1916–1997)
Larkhall: Fingerpost Publicatiouns Aftentymes a Tinkler (1975), Larkhall: Fingerpost Publicatiouns Whyles a Targe (1975), Larkhall: Fingerpost Publicatiouns
T._S._Law
European cycling route
Cycling route fingerpost in Vrsine, Croatia
EV8_The_Mediterranean_Route
Type of poem or text
A mesostic maker's mark on a fingerpost
Mesostic
2009 historical-mystery novel by Iain Pears
"Fans of Pears’s humdinger of a historical thriller An Instance of the Fingerpost (1997) will not be surprised to learn this is also a juicy mystery with
Stone's_Fall
UK track more minor than a road
Restricted Byway fingerpost sign in Teynham, illustrating the permitted modes of travel
Byway_(United_Kingdom)
Highway (Wynyard to Smithton) Batman Highway Birralee Road Bridport Road Fingerpost Road Frankford Road (Exeter to Birralee) Freestone Point Road Huon Highway
List_of_highways_in_Tasmania
A bridleway fingerpost
Rights of way in England and Wales
Rights_of_way_in_England_and_Wales
Representation of the Ukrainian language using Latin letters
Ukrainian (Peremyčka, Jasiňa, U Stěpana) in Transcarpathia on the hiking fingerposts installed in 2010. However, the transliteration is not fully consistent
Romanization_of_Ukrainian
Collection of nursery rhymes
355, 395, 404, 470–472, 477, 479, 500. Field, Walter Taylor (1907). Fingerposts to Children's Reading. Chicago: A. C. McClurg. p. 205. Retrieved 29 August
Gammer_Gurton's_Garland
64-mile footpath in southern England
A fingerpost on the Serpent Trail, May 2015
Serpent_Trail
Of Lintrathen, Fingerpost 56°40′38″N 3°10′18″W / 56.677329°N 3.171707°W / 56.677329; -3.171707 (Bridge Of Lintrathen, Fingerpost) Category C(S) 51611
List of listed buildings in Lintrathen, Angus
List_of_listed_buildings_in_Lintrathen,_Angus
Village in County Tipperary, Ireland
Fingerpost in Littleton.
Littleton,_County_Tipperary
50.7693°N 3.7467°W / 50.7693; -3.7467 (East Studham Cross) Named on fingerpost East Village Cross Crossroads East Village, Crediton, Mid Devon 50°50′01″N
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(mid-17th) Royal Escape by Georgette Heyer (mid-17th) An Instance of the Fingerpost by Iain Pears (mid-17th) Seek the Fair Land by Walter Macken (mid-17th)
List of historical fiction by time period
List_of_historical_fiction_by_time_period
Swedish crime fiction award
the Beetle's Cellar, (USA, 1995) 1999 – Iain Pears, An Instance of the Fingerpost, (UK, 1997) 2000 – Thomas H. Cook, The Chatham School Affair, (USA, 1996)
Best Crime Novel in Swedish Translation
Best_Crime_Novel_in_Swedish_Translation
Village in Gloucestershire, England
serious road traffic accidents. The area gets its name from the historic fingerpost which formerly stood at the crossroads but now stands adjacent to the
Teddington,_Gloucestershire
Bicycling route network in the UK
based on OpenStreetMap data Google Street View used to discover 'lost' cycle ways (BBC, 2017) Interactive map of Millennium Fingerposts along the NCN
National_Cycle_Network
Town and Borough in Gloucestershire, England
A fingerpost in Cheltenham Township, Pennsylvania, highlighting Cheltenham as the "Official Twin." The signpost points to other cities in the world named
Cheltenham
Annual music festival in Boise, Idaho, United States
The Neurolux A curator of personal narratives at Storyfort Sallie Ford Fingerpost signage Music industry professionals discuss the nuts-and-bolts of the
Treefort_Music_Fest
Road in England
A fingerpost sign along the A46 in South Gloucestershire. Near the junction with the M4
A46_road
12200 Toodyay Road Toodyay James Cottage 12201 6298 Toodyay Road Toodyay Fingerpost Cottage 12202 4-Jun Mt Anderson Street Toodyay Mary Lees', Donnelly's
List of heritage places in the Shire of Toodyay
List_of_heritage_places_in_the_Shire_of_Toodyay
1930 film
train stations, business signs, street signs (typically town signs or fingerposts), and prominent buildings in each town, most of which usually have "Augusta"
The_Augustas
Cycle route in the United Kingdom
Fingerpost and stile
National_Cycle_Route_17
Village in Worcestershire, England
south-west of Bewdley. It had a population of 2,366 in 2001. In the parish is Fingerpost, the junction of the A456 and A4117 roads. The parish council erected
Rock,_Worcestershire
Historic house in Roxburghshire, Scotland
record for Bemersyde House, Gardens SCRAN image: Bemersyde, cast-iron fingerpost Entry in the Gazetteer of Scotland Picture and some details Map sources
Bemersyde_House
Area of Winterbourne, Gloucestershire, England
Watley's End still appears on a very few signs, such as this fingerpost at the bottom of Harcombe Hill, Winterbourne Down
Watley's_End
Franchise of book, film, and TV series
M*A*S*H The fingerpost from the M*A*S*H set, as seen in the Smithsonian Institution Created by Richard Hooker Original work MASH: A Novel About Three Army
M*A*S*H
Road sign typeface used in the United Kingdom
Maybury Report of 1933 and revised in 1955–57. Older signs, known as fingerposts, tended to use a variety of sans serif alphabets as supplied by their
Transport_(typeface)
81-mile footpath in Essex, England
plaques depicting two poppies on a white background. These are attached to fingerposts, stiles, gates, footbridges and posts. The waymarks, together with the
Essex_Way
Village in Northamptonshire, England
the public Public footpaths in the village are clearly marked by green fingerposts. Dog fouling throughout the parish, including footpaths, is strictly
Milton_Malsor
Long-distance footpath in England
containing a footprint inscribed with a 'G'. There are also many wooden fingerposts with 'Gritstone Trail' engraved. An unofficial extension from Kidsgrove
Gritstone_Trail
Town in London, England
demolished. However, the inn sign and its fingerposts survive, overlooking the historic crossroads. The sign and fingerposts were given Grade II listed status
Sutton,_London
Old style fingerpost with old 'link road' number on it, and the current route designation on the sign beneath it
Roads_in_Ireland
1648–69 battle of the Cretan War
integral part of the background to the historical novel An Instance of the Fingerpost, where a significant protagonist is a Venetian veteran of that siege and
Siege_of_Candia
Canal junction in Birmingham, England
north east of the junction, under the Birmingham and Fazeley Canal. The fingerpost at the junction was added on 21 May 1983, the first of many canal junctions
Old_Turn_Junction
50.7975°N 3.7154°W / 50.7975; -3.7154 (Raddon Down Cross) Named on fingerpost Radland Cross Crossroads St Dominick, Cornwall unclass. unclass. SX396680
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Road in the West Midlands
Just after Bewdley the A4117 road (to Cleobury Mortimer) begins at the Fingerpost junction with the A456. Continuing West, the road is entirely rural in
A456_road
4°17′13″W / 50.8485°N 4.2870°W / 50.8485; -4.2870 (Windy Cross) Named on fingerpost Winnard's Perch Roundabout near St Columb Major, Cornwall A39 B3274 SW927663
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Upload Photo Tigerton, Fingerpost 56°46′09″N 2°45′25″W / 56.769113°N 2.756958°W / 56.769113; -2.756958 (Tigerton, Fingerpost) Category C(S) 51610 Upload
List of listed buildings in Menmuir, Angus
List_of_listed_buildings_in_Menmuir,_Angus
Canal in the United Kingdom
Birmingham and Fazeley Canal under the Watling Street Bridge at Fazeley Fingerpost at Old Turn Junction, where the Birmingham and Fazeley Canal meets BCN
Birmingham_and_Fazeley_Canal
Weather station and military facility in Nunavut, Canada
David Jacobson in front of Alert's welcome sign which features many fingerposts pointing to places worldwide. The sign was erected prior to division
Alert,_Nunavut
Fingerpost in Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Monument, also known as the Sister Cities of Los Angeles Monument, is a fingerpost and monument in Los Angeles' Civic Center, in the U.S. state of California
Los Angeles Sister Cities Monument
Los_Angeles_Sister_Cities_Monument
English politician (1616–1668)
and John Wallis are featured in the historical novel An Instance of the Fingerpost, by Iain Pears. He is a character in the play Cromwell, by Victor Hugo
John_Thurloe
Green, Enfield, Evesham Fairfield, Far Forest, Feckenham, Fernhill Heath, Fingerpost, Finstall, Fladbury, Fladbury Cross, Flyford Flavell, Foley Park, Footrid
List of places in Worcestershire
List_of_places_in_Worcestershire
American neuroscientist, psychologist
Breedlove, S.M (2010). "Organizational Hypothesis: Instances of the Fingerpost". Endocrinology. 151 (9): 4116–22. doi:10.1210/en.2010-0041. PMC 2940503
Marc_Breedlove
Symbol depicting a pointing finger
of Grass. The symbol was also widely used in signage, particularly in fingerposts. Some gravestones from the 1830s and 1840s included manicules pointing
Manicule
Human settlement in Scotland
Scotland, that is between Head of Muir and Longcroft. Dennyloanhead had a fingerpost announcing that it is 294 miles from John o' Groats. Old maps show it
Dennyloanhead
English cleric and bishop (1637–1711)
Thomas Ken appears in a number of novels: Iain Pears' An Instance of the Fingerpost (1997) includes Ken as a young fellow of New College, Oxford, desperate
Thomas_Ken
Hiking trail in northern Europe
North Sea Trail John Muir Way fingerposts and North Sea Trail logo "N" below Length 4,900 km (3,000 mi) Location North Sea coasts Use Hiking
North_Sea_Trail
Social network of individuals who interact through specific social media
2023. Retrieved 18 November 2022. Pears, Iain (1998). An Instance of the Fingerpost. London: Jonathan Cape. Wellman, B (1999). Networks in the global village:
Virtual_community
Waterway in Oxfordshire, England
status. At Duke's Cut Junction, a three-way Inland Waterways Association fingerpost sign provides navigational guidance, and shows that the Wolvercote Mill
Duke's_Cut
Fingerpost at Queslett Nature Reserve, on the site of Booth's Farm, pointing along a footpath, Booth's Farm Way, to Booth's Lane
William_Booth_(forger)
Ways in which people navigate from place to place
migrants and tourists from the Asia Pacific. The system consists of fingerposts and hub signs, and lists information in English, traditional Chinese
Wayfinding
National Heritage List for England, retrieved 19 May 2018 Historic England, "Fingerpost Cottage, Cressage (1055287)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved
Listed_buildings_in_Cressage
Public walking path in the Giant Mountains
Typical Polish fingerpost
Polish–Czech_Friendship_Trail
Archduke of Austria
after Svetozar Boroević, near Opatje selo in Slovenia. In the back, a fingerpost and a monument built by the 43rd Infantry Regiment in honour of Archduke
Archduke Joseph August of Austria
Archduke_Joseph_August_of_Austria
Neighborhood of St. Louis in Missouri, US
Cheltenham on the Twinning Fingerpost in Cheltenham Township, Pennsylvania.
Cheltenham,_St._Louis
between the main towns on the road. These were known as "guide posts" or "fingerposts". After the passing of the Malicious Injuries to Property Act, 1827,
Road signs in the United Kingdom
Road_signs_in_the_United_Kingdom
Civil parish in Herefordshire, England
St Michael; village entry road signs only refer to 'St Nicholas', and fingerpost road signs refer to 'Sutton'. At the north is the historical landmark
Sutton,_Herefordshire
Long-distance footpath in England
route. At junctions there are signs marked ‘Peddars Way’ on plain wood fingerposts. Elsewhere white, yellow and green discs are used bearing the acorn sign
Peddars_Way
8510°N 3.3465°W / 50.8510; -3.3465 ("Aller Cross, Cullompton") Named on fingerpost Aller Cross aka Aller Down Cross T junction Sandford, Devon Sandpit Lane
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/ 50.8902°N 3.8137°W / 50.8902; -3.8137 (Labbett's Cross) Named on fingerpost Lacton Interchange Ashford, Kent, Kent M20 J10 A20 Hythe Road A2070 Kennington
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Market town in Somerset, England
Limited but this failed in 1878. W&F Wills Ltd produced steam engines and fingerposts. British Cellophane, a joint venture between La Cellophane and Courtaulds
Bridgwater
Clock tower in Los Angeles, California, U.S.
of the Sister City program. Los Angeles Sister Cities Monument, nearby fingerpost commemorating sister cities "Sister Cities of Los Angeles". Los Angeles
Nagoya_Clock_Tower
Village in East Sussex, England
green. Village shops Horse and Groom pub built around 1650 A traditional fingerpost showing nearby places. Glover, Judith (1986). The Place Names of Sussex
Rushlake_Green
Village in Worcestershire, England
Shropshire. It is on the A4117 road, on the edge of the Wyre Forest near Fingerpost. Far Forest is in the Wyre Forest District. There is a public house, the
Far_Forest
Railway station in Leuk, Switzerland
tunnel portal at the station (2007) station's bus stop (2006) Hiking fingerpost at the station with nearby destinations and times (2022) old station building
Leuk_railway_station
Historic house in Pennsylvania, United States
Beth Sholom Congregation Back view of the building Cheltenham Twinning Fingerpost Close-up of the Twin Towns Twin Towns memorial plaque "National Register
Henry_West_Breyer_Sr._House
English antiquarian (1632–1695)
is one of four narrators in Iain Pears' 1998 novel An Instance of the Fingerpost, which is set in the early 1660s. Wood regularly wrote in his diaries
Anthony_Wood_(antiquary)
Village in Shropshire, England
which features a phone box, community noticeboard, and a old-fashioned fingerpost signpost pointing to nearby villages. Its earliest recorded name was Lunval
Lyneal
Bilateral relations
Falkland Islands, Stanley fingerposts
Colombia–United Kingdom relations
Colombia–United_Kingdom_relations
Village in Oxfordshire, England
Fingerpost at the centre of the village
Sibford_Gower
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Boy/Male
Indian
Of Husain, Nisba relation
Boy/Male
Danish, German, Swedish
Edge of the Sword; Brave; Hardy
Girl/Female
Muslim
Strong
Girl/Female
Irish
The Irish form of Margaret, it became popular around the fourteenth century.
Boy/Male
English American
Armed with a spear.
Boy/Male
Bengali, Indian
Beauty of Haven
Girl/Female
Christian & English(British/American/Australian)
Rich
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Seager.Dutch (de Sager), and North German : occupational name from Dutch, Low German sager ‘sawyer’.French : from the Germanic personal name Sagher, composed of the elements sag- (an element related to Gothic and Old High German words meaning ‘quarrel’, ‘law-suit’) + hari, heri ‘army’.Jewish (Ashkenazic) : nickname from an agent derivative of German sagen ‘to say’.
Boy/Male
English
Bright wolf, ax-wielding wolf.
Girl/Female
Christian & English(British/American/Australian)
Variant of Griselda
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