214 THE BATH ROAD 



Midway, on the bridge over the Avon, is another 

 stone — a pillar twelve feet high, erected by the 

 Trustees in 1G98, with the following facts recorded 

 on it : — 



"To the memory of the worthy Maud Heath, of 

 Langley Burrell, Spinster : who in the year of grace, 

 1474, for the good of travellers, did in charity bestow 

 in land and houses, about eight pounds a year, for ever, 

 to be laid out on the highway and causeway, leading 

 from Wick Hill to Chippenham Clift." 



CHiPPEXHAiii Clift. Injure me not. Wick Hill. 



A statue of Maud Heath, a purely imaginary like- 

 ness of course, since no portrait of her is known to 

 exist, was set up on a pillar on the summit of Brem- 

 hillwick Hill in 1838 by the Marquis of Lansdowne 

 and a local clergyman. 



The pillar is forty feet high, and the seated statue 

 on the top of it represents Maud Heath in the costume 

 of the period of Edward the Fourth, with a staff in 

 her hand, and a basket by her side. Au inscription 

 bids — 



" Tnou who dost pause on this serial height, 

 Where Maud Heath's Pathway winds in shade or light, 

 Christian wayfarer in a world of strife, 

 Be still — and ponder on the path of life." 



The sentiments are admirable, if a little depressing : 

 the verse atrocious. 



But worse remains. There are three dials on the 

 pillar, with an inscription on the side facing the 



rismo: sun- 



" YolAT TEilPUS. 



" Ob, early passenger, look up, be wise : 

 And think how, night aud day, Toie onward Flies. 



