Plaque Wording: In remembrance of the Rev. E. K. Douglas, Vicar of S. Mary of Eton, The Eton Mission. Due largely to his initiative 337 acres of Hackney Marshes were acquired in 1890 as a perpetual open space for the people of London.

Plaque Wording: The left-hand plaque reads: Erected by the Inhabitants of Ham and Hatch 1771