Fountain: Charles Walker & the Duchess
Erection date: 17/7/1885
{ On the north-east face:}
This garden was opened for the use of the public by Her Grace the Duchess of Sutherland and Countess of Cromartie, July 17 1885.
{On the south-west face:}
This public garden has been laid out and completed at the sole cost of Charles Clement Walker Esquire: of Lilleshall Old Hall Shropshire:
he of Her Majesty's Justices of the Peace for the Counties of Salop and Stafford, a native of the Parish of Clerkenwell, for the free use of the inhabitants thereof for health, recreation and enjoyment.
. . . . .
And in affectionate remembrance of his mother Agnes Walker, long resident in the parish. 1885.
Note that Walker comes from Lilleshall Hall which was part of the estate of the Duke and Duchess of Sutherland, so - friends from back home.
Site: Charles Walker & the Duchess (1 memorial)
WC1, Wilmington Square Garden
Compare this memorial with the one in Northampton Square.
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