Building bridges over troubled waters to the next world
It says something about the stability of England that the charity she established still keeps up the pathway. An inscribed stone declares: “From this hill begins the praise / Of Maud Heath’s gift to these Highways”. In 1838, the 3rd Marquess of Lansdowne, a politician and local landowner, erected a pillar bearing a statue of Maud Heath and her basket, with verses beneath that include the couplet: “Christian wayfarer in a world of strife / Be still and consider the Path of Life.” The Read more [...]