As filming starts on a major new film about the Suffragettes, a location has still not been secured for a public memorial in Epsom to commemorate their struggle.
Suffragette, starring Meryl Streep as Emmeline Pankhurst and Helena Bonham Carter and Carey Mulligan is being filmed in the Houses of Parliament - the first time the political chamber has been used as a film set.
But up on the Epsom Downs there is still no sign of the artwork to commemorate Suffragette martyr Emily Davison which was due to be erected on the roundabout.
The Buckles Gap roundabout on Epsom Downs where the memorial was designed to go
Although the discovery of a gas main under the roundabout has scuppered plans to put it there, the woman leading the project is still confident it will go ahead.
Last year, Surrey artist Mary Branson’s white concrete ellipse design was announced as the controversial winner of a competition to find a tribute to Davison, who died 100 years ago after being hit by the King’s horse at the 1913 Epsom Derby, and other women who have helped achieved equality and votes for women.
Ms Branson's design features a cross beneath the circle, forming the symbol for women, and once a year, at dusk on June 8, the day Davison died at the Old Cottage Hospital in Alexandra Road, Epsom, the setting sun would appear held in its centre. A bench would also be erected to allow people to sit and view the sunset.
Emily Davison was killed at the 1913 Epsom Derby after being hit by Anmer, the King's Horse
But since the winner was announced, little progress has been made on the project.
Sarah Dewing, manager of the Emily Davison Memorial Project, said this is because the original location earmarked for it - the roundabout at Buckles Gap, on Epsom Downs - was ruled out last summer due to a major gas pipe which runs underneath it.
Land adjacent to the roundabout, owned by Epsom Downs Racecourse, was identified as a new location, but while the racecourse has no problem with it being used for the project, Epsom Golf Club - to whom the land is leased - has yet to agree.
Ms Dewing said that until this happens, fundraising and raising public awareness for the memorial is on hold.
She said: "We are confident it will happen.
"We were hoping the memorial would be ready for this year’s Derby but it takes time. I was a little over-ambitious with that."
Surrey-based artist Mary Branson created the winning design
Ms Dewing said the original design for the memorial has not changed despite the roundabout being ruled out as its home.
She added: "It’s still possible to get the sun to set through it [in the new location] and it may be possible for the sun to rise through it as well which is handy as one of the motifs of the Suffragettes was earth and a new dawn and this image was used in their campaigns."
Ms Dewing said she hopes the majority of the £35,000 required for the memorial will be funded by sponsorship and grant funding from bodies such as the Arts Council, with the remainder to be generated from public donations.
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