Milk churn stand

Milk churn stands could be made of wood, or were more permanent structures built from concrete or stone blocks.

[3] The simple purpose of the stand was to facilitate collection of milk churns by cart[4] or lorry and so were built at a convenient height for easy transfer.

A later, standard, and lighter churn might contain 11 imperial gallons (50 L), of milk, weighing about 120 pounds (54 kg) full.

Many milk churn stands would have been lost during road improvement schemes owing to their proximity to the roadside[5] but many were left in situ to slowly decay; thus there are few original wooden examples.

Some have been renovated as reminders of the former widespread practice,[7][8][9] while some replica stands have been erected for the same reason in stone[10] (such as the example at Wadenhoe) and the reinstatement or removal of some has even been the subject of planning application.