Edward Stone blue plaque

This blue commemorative plaque records: Revd Edward Stone 1702-1768 discoverer of the active ingredient in Aspirin whilst living near here from 1745-1768 Recorded plaque organisation: Oxfordshire Blue Plaques Board, Chipping Norton Society.

Rev Edward Stone was a clergyman and naturalist who discovered salicin, the active ingredient in aspirin, significantly contributing to medical science.