Monument to Maria Hackett

TO THE MEMORY OF / MARIA HACKETT / TO WHOM THROUGH THE COURSE OF A LONG / LIFE THE WELFARE OF CATHEDRAL AND / COLLEGIATE CHORISTER-BOYS WAS THE / OBJECT OF DEEP AND UNFAILING INTEREST, / AND WHO, AFTER DEVOTING HER TIME / AND SUBSTANCE TO EFFORTS, WHICH / NOTHING COULD DISCOURAGE, FOR THE / IMPROVEMENT OF THEIR CONDITION AND / EDUCATION, WAS ALLOWED TO SEE ON / ALL SIDES THE SUCCESS OF HER LABOURS. / DIED NOV.5.1874 IN HER 91ST.YEAR.