Plaque

Whiteley Village - foundation stone

Erection date: 21/7/1914

Inscription

This foundation stone was laid by the Right Honourable and Right Reverend Arthur Foley Winnington-Ingram, Lord Bishop of London, Chairman of the Trustees on the 21st day of July 1914.

Site: Whiteley Village (5 memorials)

KT12, Whiteley Village

The Listing text says the statue and the relief are of copper, not the more usual bronze. The front of the plinth below the seated lady supports (top to bottom): the relief; the plaque; the foundation stone. The biographical plaque is on the back.

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This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Whiteley Village - foundation stone

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Whiteley Village

A retirement village created with a bequest from William Whiteley. A charitab...

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This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Whiteley Village - foundation stone

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Bishop Arthur Foley Winnington-Ingram

Bishop of London (1901-39), Chairman of the Trustees of Whiteley Village. Bor...

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This section lists the other memorials at the same location as the memorial on this page:
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Wiliam Whiteley - biographical plaque

Wiliam Whiteley - biographical plaque

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Wiliam Whiteley - sculpture

Wiliam Whiteley - sculpture

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William Whiteley - bust

William Whiteley - bust

1831    1907 William Whiteley {On ribbon:} labora et vive {Latin for: work a...

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William Whiteley - plaque

William Whiteley - plaque

The quotation is from Psalm 41.1.

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