The plaque reads as follows:
| SCOTT'S WELL |
| JANE SCOTT
WAS A REMARKABLE BENEFACTOR TO OCKLEY VILLAGE, BORN 1799, GOVERNESS AT ELDERSLIE FOR 20 YEARS DIED FROM CONSUMPTION MARCH 9TH 1838. SHE MADE TWO BEQUESTS FOR WHICH SHE WILL ALWAYS BE REMEMBERED IN OCKLEY. THE FIRST LEGACY FROM HER WILL STATED: "HAVING FREQUENTLY REGRETTED THE INCONVENIENCE THE POOR INHABITANTS OF THE PARISH OF OCKLEY HAVE SUFFERED FOR WANT OF A PROPER SUPPLY OF WATER IN DRY SEASONS IT IS MY WISH THAT A WELL SHOULD BE DUG AND A PUMP FIXED THEREIN ON SOME PART OF OCKLEY GREEN FOR THE USE AND ACCOMMODATION OF THE INHABITANTS OF THAT VILLAGE" THE SECOND LEGACY WAS TO ESTABLISH THE VILLAGE SCHOOL ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF OCKLEY GREEN. THE WELL CONTINUED IN SERVICE UNTIL THE 1950'S AND WAS REMOVED AND STORED IN THE MID 1960'S. THANKS TO THE GENEROSITY OF DONATIONS FROM THE MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY, SURREY COUNTY COUNCIL, OCKLEY PARISH COUNCIL AND BAA IT HAS BEEN POSSIBLE TO RESTORE THIS WONDERFUL PIECE OF OCKLEY HISTORY THAT FOR YEARS SAVED MANY LIVES, ITS IMPORTANCE NOW FORGOTTEN BY THE TURN OF A TAP AND CLEAN WATER WE OFTEN TAKE FOR GRANTED. OCKLEY SOCIETY 23RD APRIL 2006 |
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