Foundation stone plaque, Royal Gwent Hospital, Newport
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Foundation stone plaque, Royal Gwent Hospital, Newport
Image: © Jaggery Taken: 10 Mar 2011
The plaque is one of three http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2306424 located near the Cardiff Road entrance to the hospital. It records the laying of the foundation stone by "The Right Honorable Lord Tredegar on August 2nd 1897". An interesting point here is that the current Oxford English Dictionary labels 'honorable' as a North American variant of the British spelling 'honourable' The plaque also records that the hospital was erected as a Diamond Jubilee memorial to Her Majesty Queen Victoria.
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