De Lank Quarries have a Wikipedia page but Hugh Shearer and Co. are more mysterious. Probably the firm that owned the quarry at the time and/or carved the monument.
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
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Hugh Shearer and Co.
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Louis-Napoleon, Prince Imperial
Ao. Di. instead of A.D. is very unusual. Fecit is Latin: 'he made it'.
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