Maud Heath'S Monument

BREMHILL WICK HILL ST 97 SE 8/90 Maud Heath's Monument 20.12.60 II Monument to Maud Heath, 1838, ashlar. Seated statue of Maud Heath on high column, square, chamfered to octagonal at mid-height and with moulded cap. Square base. Statue is crudely carved with seated figure in supposed medieval dress and basket by her side. On the base is inscribed 'Erected at the joint expence by Henry Marquis of Lansdowne Lord of the Manor and Wm. L. Bowles Vicar of the parish of Bremhill. Trustees 1838' and a verse by Bowles - 'Thou who dost pause on this aerial height Where Maud Heath's pathway winds in shade of light Christian wayfarer in a world of strife Be still and ponder on the path of life.' Spearhead iron railings around. Monument commemorates the gift in 1474 of income from property by Maud Heath for the maintenance of a raised path from Wick Hill to Chippenham. (K.R. Clew, Maud Heath's Causeway A brief guide 1982 - leaflet); N. Pevsner, Wiltshire, 1975 141)

Listing NGR: ST9730273862