▁so ▁do ▁man ey ▁a ▁Year ▁ ▁R ▁C ▁ 1 7 5 2 ▁D ▁Jerry ▁ ▁There ▁are ▁various ▁local ▁leg ends ▁explaining ▁this ▁curious ▁pla que , ▁including ▁a ▁tale ▁of ▁the ▁the ft ▁of ▁a ▁cher ry ▁pie ▁by ▁local ▁work men ▁who ▁were ▁caught ▁and ▁f ined ▁half ▁a ▁gu inea ▁( 5 2 . 5 p ). ▁However ▁the ▁most ▁likely ▁explanation ▁is ▁that ▁it ▁was ▁placed ▁there ▁by ▁the ▁land l ord ▁of ▁ 1 7 5 2 , ▁David ▁Jersey ▁( cor rupted ▁by ▁centuries ▁of ▁rep ain ting ▁and ▁re - cut ting ▁the ▁ins cription ▁to ▁D ▁Jerry ▁on ▁the ▁pla que ), ▁comm emor ating ▁a ▁fe ast ▁which ▁included ▁a ▁huge ▁cher ry ▁pie . ▁Mon str ous ▁p ies ▁were ▁a ▁feature ▁of ▁ 1 8 th - century ▁Es sex ▁rural ▁festiv als ; ▁the ▁Gal m pton ▁Go ose berry ▁Pie ▁Fair ▁in ▁Dev on ▁is ▁still ▁in ▁existence , ▁and ▁other ▁in ns ▁around ▁the ▁edge ▁of ▁E pping ▁Forest ▁were ▁f amed ▁for ▁p ies ▁( ra bb it ▁pie ▁at ▁The ▁Rein de er , ▁L ought on , ▁now ▁Warren ▁House , ▁and ▁p ige on ▁pie ▁at ▁The ▁King ' s ▁Head , ▁Ch ig well ). ▁W anst ead ▁was ▁well ▁known ▁for ▁its ▁cher ry ▁orch ards ▁as ▁late ▁as ▁the ▁ 1 8 3 0 s , ▁when ▁they ▁were ▁mentioned ▁by ▁poet ▁Thomas ▁H ood , ▁who ▁lived ▁in ▁W