On My Walk
I was walking through New End and the words ‘noisome pestilence’ on this plaque on the end of the Heathside Preparatory School building caught my eye. It reads:
“This building was erected by voluntary contributions for a dispensary and soup kitchen. It was founded as a thank-offering to Almighty God for his mercy in sparing this parish for the visitation of cholera in the year 1849. The site was purchased in 1850 and the building was completed in 1853.
He shall deliver thee from the noisome pestilence Psalms 91 v3
Thomas Ainger MA incumbent”
Our hopes and prayers that the whole of humanity will be delivered from the harms of Covid-19 next year!
