THE MILESTONE SOCIETY
THE MILESTONE SOCIETY
REGISTERED CHARITY NO. 1105688
Application for Membership
Please note!: For persons joining after 1 March, their subscription lasts until the end of the following subscription year. (See section below on 'Membership' for further details.)
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The Annual Conference and AGM of the Society will be held in Wells, Somerset on Saturday 3 October 2009.
. Further details in due course; enquiries to John Atkinson (john113atkinson@btinternet.com) or Terry Keegan (terryekeegan@btinternet.com)
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Founded in May 2001, the Society aims to identify, record, research and interpret
for the public benefit the milestones and other waymarkers of the British Isles.
Objectives:
- To publicise and promote public awareness of milestones and other way markers and
the need for identification, recording, research and conservation for the general
benefit and education of the community
- To enhance public awareness and enjoyment of milestones and other waymarkers by informing
of their distinctive contribution to the local scene and historic landscape
- To represent the historical significance and national importance of milestones in
appropriate forums
- To organise and co-ordinate relevant projects at both national and regional/local
levels, thereby enhancing public access
- To protect, preserve and restore milestones and other waymarkers through the planning
process
- To establish regional groups through which to delegate and devolve the Society's business
Safety Matters
The fact that milestones, because of their original purpose, are most often located at the sides of roads means that a serious study of milestones involving measurement, recording of inscriptions, photographing, etc., can be hazardous in view of the juxtaposition of the researchers, road traffic and other pedestrians. Therefore, it is of the utmost importance that the greatest care is taken by persons actively involved in a study of milestones and other waymarkers, both in regard to their own safety and to those of others who might be in some way be influenced by the actions of researchers at the roadside or other location.
Note: The Milestone Society accepts no responsibility for accidents or claims arising from any activity associated with the aims and objectives of the Society.
Officers:
County Representatives:
In order to facilitate the collection of data on milestones and to raise local awareness on this aspect of our national heritage at the county level, a system of County Representatives has been set up by the Society. At present there are representatives for the following counties/areas (based mainly on the pre-1974 boundaries): Anglesey, Bedforshire, Berkshire, Breconshire, Buckinghamshire, Caernarvonshire, Cambridgeshire, Cardiganshire, Carmarthenshire, Cheshire, Cornwall, Cumberland & Westmorland, Denbighshire, Derbyshire, Devon, Dorset, Durham, Essex, Flintshire, Glamorgan, Gloucestershire (E), Gloucestershire (W), Greater London (Essex), Hampshire, Herefordshire, Hertfordshire, Huntingdon, Kent, Lancashire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, Merionethshire, Middlesex, Monmouthshire, Montgomeryshire, Norfolk, Northamptonshire, Northumberland, Nottinghamshire, Oxfordshire, Pembrokshire, Radnoshire, Rutland, Shropshire, Somerset, Staffordshire, Suffolk, Surrey, Sussex, Warwickshire, Westmorland, Wiltshire, Worcestershire, Yorkshire.
If you do not have contact details for your own County Representative, or wish to contact a Representative of a County other than your own and also lack information, an address can be obtained by e-mail from Robert Caldicott (e-mail: robcaldicott@fastmail.fm )
Volunteers are welcome for those counties which are not yet represented.
Meetings
The Society holds two meetings each year. From 2007, the meeting in the Autumn will include the AGM and the Spring meeting is currently targetted for the second Saturday in May. Members will receive separate notification of the AGM with an agenda, annual report and a financial summary. At each meeting a variety of lectures and displays are arranged and an opportunity is given for verbal reports from the County Coordinators or any member wishing to contribute information.
SOCIETY PUBLICATIONS
(a) Newsletter
Twice each year the Society publishes a newsletter, circulated free to members containing
reports of meetings, County Coordinators' reports, and contributions from members
along with illustrations.
(b) Journal of the Milestone Society
The first volume of "Milestones & Waymarkers", the Journal of the Milestone Society, was published in October 2004 and the second volume in October 2006. The Journal will form a permanent record of the work of the Society, its members and other supporters and specialists, working within the aims and objectives of the Society. The articles will be as fully researched and referenced as possible and each should stand alone as a complete piece of work and will therefore be more comprehensive than the short, general interest type of article published in the Newsletter. It is a refereed journal and contributions are welcomed from prospective authors
Material should be submitted in the first instance to :
Terry Keegan, The Oxleys, Tenbury Road, Clows Top, Kidderminster, Worcs. DY14 9HE
(c) On the Ground
An annual review reporting on a range of Society-led and supported activities around the country. Issue 5 was published in September 2008.
National Database of Milestones
It is intended that the work of the County Groups in locating and recording milestones will be combined into an electronically-based national database which will record specific details of each marker in a standard format and thereby provide a permanent, searchable record for research and archival purposes, thereby furthering the aims of the Society in the conservation, protection, preservation and restoration of this aspect of our national heritage.
Position and Conservation of Milestones - Milestone Society Policy
The Society has produced a short document detailing the policy which it believes should be adopted on these matters.
Members who are aware of theft of a milestone or milepost are urged to report the theft to the police and, importantly, to get a crime number. Also, it is useful to report it to Salvo on the website:
http://www.salvo.co.uk/stolen.html
where a register of such stolen items is advertised.
The price of each card is 25p; please include two second class postage stamps with your order, or add the equivalent value to the cost of the cards.
Cheques should be made payable to: The Milestone Society
Further information and orders for the cards should be addressed to:
Terry Keegan, The Oxleys, Tenbury Road, Clows Top, Kidderminster, Worcs. DY14 9HE
Comments on any of the above features related to the 'Turnpike Roads in England' website can be addressed to
Alan Rosevear (e-mail: Rosevear1@aol.com).