Plaque to Commemorate Phoenix Ironworks

PHOENIX FOUNDRY 1828  BUILT AS PART OF THRUPP CLOTH MILLS HERE IN 1830 JOHN FERRABEE

MANUFACTURED THE FIRST LAWN MOWER TO THE DESIGNS OF EDWARD BUDDING WHOSE PATENT SAID

'COUNTRY GENTLEMEN MAY FIND IN USING MY MACHINE THEMSELVES AN AMUSING USEFUL AND HEALTHY EXERCISE

ERECTED JOINTLY BY THE GLOUCESTERSHIRE SOCIETY FOR INDUSTRIAL ARCHAEOLOGY AND GEORGE WALLER & SON LTD.