Long-lost Tablet Found

Manawatu Times, Volume LV, Issue 6788, 20 February 1932, Page 10

Long-lost Tablet Found

A tablet which for many years was thought to be lost has been found among the flagstones in a newly-laid footpath at Sarshalton, Surrey. People using the pavement at first thought, when they saw lettering on one of the flags, that the local council had used in error an old gravestone. A close examination by the council’s surveyor revealed that the stono bore the following inscription:— In Obedience to the Giver of Life, of the Books and Fruits that Feed it, of tho Peace that Ends It, May This Well bo Kept Sacred for the Services of Men’s Flocks and Flowers and Be By Kindness Called Margaret’s Well. This Pool was Beautifed and Endowed by John Buskin, M.A., LL.D. It has been ascertained that the stone was originally erected near Margaret’s Pool, Carshalton, which Buskin at his own expense cleaned and named Margaret after his mother, who lived it Shirley, near Carshalton.