A PLAQUE celebrating the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Victoria has been discovered at the Worcestershire County Museum.
The timely find was made by a shocked gardener at the Hartlebury museum as he cut back undergrowth around a water fountain.
Museum technician Steve Smith said: “This is a fascinating discovery and to find it at the same time as another Diamond Jubilee makes it all the more remarkable.
“No one here even knew the water fountain existed, let alone the plaque to Queen Victoria.”
The plaque is written in Latin and translates as: “In honour of our Queen and Empress Victoria who has fortunately ruled with health and wisdom through 60 years, John James Stewart, Bishop of Worcester, has confined these waters in a fountain. In the year of salvation 1897.”
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