Millennium Milestone in Time
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Location
| Street: | Poling Street |
| Town: | Poling |
| Parish: | Poling |
| Council: | Arun District Council |
| County: | West Sussex |
| Postcode: | BN18 |
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| Object setting: | Road or Wayside |
| Access is: | Public |
| Location note: | Grass verge, next to the Old Priory at the entrance to the village from the A27 |
| In the AZ book: | West Sussex |
| Page: | 146 |
| Grid reference: | A5 |
| The A-Z books used are A-Z East Sussex and A-Z West Sussex (Editions 1A 2005). Geographers' A-Z Map Company Ltd. Sevenoaks. | |
| OS Reference: | TQ047047 |
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Makers
| Name : | Philip Read |
| Role: | Stonemason |
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General Information
| Commissioned by: | The Poling 2000 Action Group (local village funds raised from fetes etc.) |
| Construction period: | Beginning 2003 – 2005. |
| Installation date: | 2005 |
| Unveiling date: | 04/09/2005 |
| Work is: | Extant |
| Owner custodian: | Poling Parish Council |
| Object listing: | Not listed |
| Description: | A shaft constructed from three blocks of Hopton Wood limestone, a hard marble limestone from Derbyshire. A total weight of approximately 900kg. or 18cwt. A capping stone is constructed in welsh slate. Face1: Relief carving of the Poling 2000 symbol Face 2: Carved lettering - poem by Jenny Inglis Face 3: Carved relief of an oak tree Face 4: Carved relief of St. Nicholas and of the Parish Church, a carved relief of a Maltese or St. Johns Cross |
| Signatures: | Base of shaft, carved letters:
Carved by P. READ of Poling |
| Inscription: | MUCH FUN WAS HAD BY THE VILLAGERS OF POLING IN RAISING FUNDS TO PROVIDE THIS STONE. AFTER PATIENTLY WAITING FOR THE STONEMASON TO DO HIS WORK THE MILESTONE IN TIME WAS ERECTED IN + 2005 + Face of the shaft: OAK TREES WERE PLANTED IN 2002 TO COMMEMORATE THE GOLDEN JUBILEE OF QUEEN ELIZABETH II "I will go north about the shaws And the deep ghylls that breed Huge oaks and old, the which we hold No more than Sussex weed" Kipling Face of the shaft, a poem by Jenny Inglis: NOT POLING - PALING Previous to a church's tower Brackish water stained the mire. A tiny hamlet perched on staves Not Poling - Paling lapped by waves. Where do they sleep, the ancient folk? Who ploughed with oxen, glazed a pot. We who have settled close to bones, Rekindle, re-enact their souls. J.M. Inglis |
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Classification
| Categories: | Roadside / Wayside, Free Standing, Commemorative |
| Object type1: | Shaft |
| Object subtype1: | Pillar / post |
| Object type2: | Relief |
| Subject type1: | Pictorial |
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Object Parts
| Part 1: | Pillar |
| Material: | Hopton Wood limestone |
| Height (cm): | 91.5 |
| Part 2: | Plinth |
| Material: | Hopton Wood limestone |
| Part 3: | Capping stone |
| Material: | Welsh slate |
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Object Condition
| Overall condition: | Good |
| Risk assessment: | No known risk |
| Date of on-site inspection: | 02/05/2007 |
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History
| Hard archive file: | Yes |
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References
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Photographs
Date: 02/05/2007 Author: Anthony McIntosh Copyright: Creative Commons |  Date: 02/05/2007 Author: Anthony McIntosh Copyright: Creative Commons |
 Date: 02/05/2007 Author: Anthony McIntosh Copyright: Creative Commons |  Date: 02/05/2007 Author: Anthony McIntosh Copyright: Creative Commons |
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