Communities in Somerset chose to mark the year 2000 in a number of ways, including seats, monuments, village signs, sculptures, stained glass windows, sundials, standing stones, woods and even a stone circle. A quarter of a century later, most of the millennium commemorative items are still extant.
Millennium Window, St Peter & St Paul's Church, South Petherton
Millennium Window, St Martin's Church, Worle
Millennium Window, St Andrew's Church, Old Cleeve
This window was designed by Henry Haig (1930-2007).
Millennium Window, St Mary's Church, Stoke St Mary
The window was commissioned by Stoke St Mary Church Committee and Stoke St Mary Millennium Committee and was dedicated on 10th September 2000. It was made by Patrick Reyntiens (1925-2021), a leading British stained glass artist, who moved to Somerset in 1982. The window depicts the story of St Anne and her husband St Joachim, teaching the Virgin Mary to read. It was chosen because the window formed part of St Anne's Chapel. St Anne and Mary are linked by a scroll on which the following verse from Isaiah Ch9 v6 is written in Hebrew: For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given.
On this window it says "Of his kingdom there shall be no end". This is a quotation from the Gospel of Luke Ch1 v33. The window was made by Gilroy, Bristol Stained Glass.
St Mary's Church, Luxborough
I presume this is a millennium window, as it has the date 2000 on it. It also says "All generations shall call me blessed.", which is what Mary, the mother of Jesus is quoted as saying in Luke Ch1 v48. 
This millennium window was made by Roy Coomber.
Millennium seat, Chipstable
Millennium Bench, Kingston St Mary
Deer on the Kingston St Mary bench
Bishop's Hull Millennium Mosaic
Peace Stone, Oxhouse Wood, Winford
Oxhouse Wood is owned by the Woodland Trust. They acquired it in 1998, as part of their Woodlands on your Doorstep millennium project. The Peace Stone was designed by Winford Parish Council. The stone was donated by a local quarry and carved by a local craftsman.
Spirit of Clevedon
This sculpture on the seafront at Clevedon was designed by the residents of Clevedon in 2000. According to the plaque on it, the forward pointing sail shape, port hole rings, plaques and panels represent the pioneering and community spirit of the town and highlights the links with Clevedon's European twin towns of Ettlingen, Middelkerke and Epernay.
Lady Smith Memorial Institute/Parish Rooms, Somerton
This vertical sundial was commissioned by Somerton U3A to mark the new millennium and was unveiled on 8th July 2000. It was made by Peter Walker and features a dragon at the centre. It shows the hours from 7am to 5pm in hours and half hours.
Ham Hill Stone Circle
This modern stone circle consists of 15 standing stones made of the local Hamstone. It was erected as a Millennium project to commemorate the many centuries of quarrying that have gone on at Ham Hill and all the men who have worked there. Pieces of shell and other small fossils can be seen in the stones. Grid reference: ST 478 171.
Othery's millennium village sign
Millennium Glass Doors, The Minster, Ilminster
This stone has the latitude and longitude of the village (51° 19.8 North, 02° 44.9 West), its altitude (68 metres) and population (448) carved on it.
Millennium stones in the Old Station Millennium Garden, Winscombe
Standing stones, Millennium Green, Congresbury
There is an inscription on one of the standing stones, which says "Forever Green, Sue Grant, Her Vision". The late Sue Grant was Clerk to Congresbury Parish Council in the 1990s and she was instrumental in making the millennium green project happen. The two halves of the village are now joined by the Millennium Bridge over the River Yeo.
Millennium Sculpture, Yatton
This 6 metre high metal arch sculpture is located at the start of the Strawberry Line next to Yatton Station. It depicts a cyclist, a rambler, a dragonfly, a fox, a rabbit, a cow, a squirrel, a heron, a frog, a butterfly, a woodpecker, some flowers, a tree (possibly an apple tree) and of course some strawberries. It was made by blacksmith Alan Cooper of Engine Forge, Winscombe. It was funded by grants from North Somerset Council, the Countryside Agency and the Forest of Avon.
Ash Millennium Wood
This wood is owned by Ash Parish Council. It was established as a community wood to mark the Millennium. Local parishioners planted 150 trees (including ash trees!). Volunteers have planted many more trees since then and also set up a wildflower plot.
The Parish Council has gone for a "natural" look in 2025.
