Commissioning a Milestone?

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Any new milestone…

Must be appropriate to the contextAffordable by the sponsor(s)Deliverable by the mason/sculptor

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A splendid

example in

Lincolnshire

A simple block…

This cost

c £750, as part of the Judy Woods project funded by Bradford City Council

A simple plate costs around £100

to cast from a pattern. Consider painting and fitting / secure fixing methods.

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A Telford replacement plate for the Golden Jubilee cost £200

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Add a

stainless

steel plate

describing

the event?

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This engraving would cost around £2000

‘A Roman’

Milestone?!

At Kirkburton

This is carved

on three sides,

Total cost around

£2500 with

stone donated.

Grant funded!

A series of 12…

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This project was created in partnership with the following organisations:

EU Commission's Rural Development Programme: http://ec.europa.eu/agriculture/rurdev/index_en.htm

Defra – LEADER :  http://www.defra.gov.uk/rural/rdpe/ 

East Peak Innovation Partnership: www.epip.org.uk Kirkburton Parish Council: www.kbpc.co.uk

The Jubilee milestone at Wall, on the Watling Street, costaround £3800 including installation

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The Wall stone is unveiled

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Street Art –“A Pizza The Action”

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Also a Waymarker :

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A replica concrete ‘Bradley’ milestone

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This project cost c £365

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“To Worcester

Cross”

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A new cast-iron fingerpost can cost around £3500 + vat

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A single aluminium arm is c £250

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Think carefully about the location

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www.MilestoneSociety.co.uk

For lots of ideas -and ‘best practice’Guidance notes!

C JHS 2012