Historic mileposts reinstated on Stratford to Long Compton Turnpike
TWO south Warwickshire mileposts damaged by Storm Eunice in February 2022 have been reinstated.
The six, 9ft high nationally unique mileposts on what was the Stratford to Long Compton Turnpike (1730-1870) are Grade II-listed and were returned to their former glory after a campaign by the Milestone Society secured a £35,000 grant from the National Lottery plus support from the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust and the Victoria and Albert Museum.
Robert Caldicott from the Milestone Society said: “During Storm Eunice in 2022, two of the posts were damaged, one by a falling tree, the other due to a hidden fault in a casting.
“At long last, and with our grateful thanks to Warwickshire County Council, we have managed to get the damaged posts restored again and they were returned to their sites. The first, just north of Long Compton and the second is just south of Newbold-on-Stour, both on the A3400.”
Adrian Fisher and his team from Fisher Landscapes of Binton, carried out the reinstallations.
Robert said it was good to get them back in position but there was still a mystery about them.
“There were originally about 20 of these mileposts, and we’ve found and restored seven. Have all the other 13 or so disappeared or is there another one or two lurking somewhere?” he wondered.
