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  • Thomas Martyn continues to describe their visit to Ross and admires a monument of John Kyrle 'The Man of Ross'. John Kyrle was born in Gloucestershire in 1637 but moved to Ross on Wye during the late seventeenth century. He was a wealthy bachelor who carried out a great deal of charitable work among the poor of the town, distributing free food and herbal medications. Following his death in 1724, he left a considerable amount of money to the town and its residents. It was Kyrle's money which financed the town's first piped water supply. Source: http://www.wyevalley.fsworld.co.uk/john%20kyrle.htm
A Tour to South Wales, 1801, page 28