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Monument to Maria Mary Fussell

Jackson, Arthur Blomfield (Designer)

Mural tablet, monument to Maria Mary Fussell (1834-1881), Marble, Bronze, A. Blomfield Jackson, 1903.

1903

IN MEMORY OF MARIA MARY FUSSELL AN HONOURED / BENEFACTRESS OF THE CHURCH IN LONDON, WHO BEQUEATHED / THE SUM OF L111,000 TO THE LONDON DIOCESAN HOME / MISSION BY AID OF WHICH BETWEEN THE YEARS 1883-1903 / THIRTY-TWO NEW PARISHES WERE CREATED. / BORN JULY 15.1834, DIED DECR.20,1881. / THIS TABLET WAS ERECTED BY HER LIFELONG FRIEND / SOPHIA CROSLAND AND BY SUPPORTERS OF THE / MISSION AS A MEMORIAL OF HER MUNIFICENCE / AND IN GRATITUDE TO GOD FOR THE EXTENSION / OF HIS CHURCH. MCMIII