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Title
Village Sign
Medium
metal & wood
Measurements
H 270 x W 70 x D 20 cm
Accession number
TN20_PAW_S012
Acquisition method
commissioned by the Daily Mail
Work type
Sign or marker
Owner
Mayfield & Five Ashes Parish Council
Custodian
Mayfield & Five Ashes Parish Council
Work status
extant
Unveiling date
27th July 1922
Access
at all times
Inscription description
west face, on ribboned nameplate: MAIDS FIELD; blue plaque: FOLLOWING A SPEECH / BY HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS / THE DUKE OF YORK / AT THE ROYAL ACADEMY / IN 1920 ON THE REVIVAL OF / VILLAGE SIGNS, / THE DAILY MAIL ORGANISED / A VILLAGE SIGNS COMPETITION / AND EXHIBITION, OFFERING / A TOTAL OF £2200 IN PRIZES. / TEN AWARDS WERE MADE AND / THE DESIGN FROM WHICH / THIS SIGN WAS CONSTRUCTED / SECURED SECOND PRIZE £500; plastic plaque above this details some of the village history