What the chuff are these?

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1. They look like old hydrant signs. They usually have a yellow inlay giving details of the nearest hydrant.

   Edit: I uploaded a pic

   https://ibb.co/cyFm9hg

2. Looks like they are intended for placards, but don’t currently have any.

3. Service markers for services that are no longer there, or were never installed.

4. Old posts to mark a gas line, the four holes in the face are for bolting on the plaque

   https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo/gas-pipeline-marker-england-uk.html?sortBy=relevant

5. They are hedgehog remembrance stones. It means two sadly perished on the road there.

6. They used to hold hydrant marker plates https://metricviews.uk/2012/05/03/fire-hydrant-signs-a-successful-metric-conversion/

7. They’re Steps memorial plaques.

8. Dog nappers

9. Be careful around these. They are young concrete saplings. It’s best not to disturb them so they can naturally mature and develop.

10. I seem to vaguely recall they’re something to do with water mains rather than hydrants. But not sure why there’s no plate. Might be redundant ones after changes in the system.

11. Gas points. People in the industry know. Nothing to worry yourself about

12. Concrete sign posts.

13. These are mortar markers. The council has to come along and put them up next to every wall that is missing mortar. They take them down when the wall is fixed.

14. Flying ant graves. They will rise again, mark my words.

15. Hedgehog grave stones. It looks like you have been lucky in that street and there have been no fatalities.
    If there are deaths, a plate is bolted on with a big H on it (H for Hedgehogs) and the number of casualties.
    Sadly, you can look around and see the H signs in many streets. 🦔

16. Grave headstones for the vertically challenged

17. Weeds. They grow at this time of year.