"Passed away (Wednesday 7th December 1910) at The Walnuts, Tittle Row, Maidenhead, whither he had removed a short time since from Etruria, Castle Hill.....term of office as an Alderman expired on November last (1909).......... He did not stand for re-election. (died) age 93, born August 10th 1817. When 91 years of age (1908) he completed a large map of Maidenhead as he knew it as a boy and presented it to the Public Library,... As recently as November last (1909) he presented to the local Museum through the Town Council, with a number of objects of antiquarian and geological interest and received the special thanks of the Corporation. ..first elected to the Town Council in 1870 ....Alderman from 1890 ...Mayor of Maidenhead 1872-3 and 1877-8. He was a a keen antiquarian ......... His late residence, Etruria (R1) stands on the site of an old Roman villa, where Mr Silver unearthed some valuable pottery & specimens of which are to be seen at the British Museum and at the Maidenhead Museum"

"It was only about five weeks (October 1909?) since Mr Silver made his last gift to the town in the shape of a valuable geological collection for the Museum."

[Maidenhead Advertiser, 14/12/1910, Maid. Lib.]

"Having reminded the Alderman that he promised the Town Council to talk to a representative of the Advertiser of Maidenhead as he had portrayed it on his wonderful map.......... There was a farm where Kidwells Park (R2) now is but nothing between here and North Town (R3) in the shape of dwellings and there was not a residence of any sort in what is known as Norfolk Park (R4). There were a few houses on the other side of the road and some spades occupied and beyond was "The Wilderness" (R5) and Langton’s Folly (R6)........ Our representative inquired of Mr Silver how he prepared his map and how long the work took him...... "It was all done by erasures from the Ordnance Map, and then I filled in the names of the fields, closes, lanes etc. as known when I was a boy. I have taken out every house and building that was not in existence in my boyhood. Of course I may have left two or three, of that I cannot be absolutely certain. It took me about a year to do it and I completed it in my 91st year" (1908). (Ald Silver)...........presented this map to the Maidenhead Public Library and Museum Committee 17th Sept. 1907. It is interesting to note that the map shows the direction of the old Roman road from Braywick across the High-street and through Kidwell’s-park to Cookham."

[Maidenhead Advertiser, 12/2/1908, Maid. Lib.]

"The course of an ancient Roman road may be distinctly traced from Braywick (R7), as far as the tumulus at Cockmarsh (R8), in the parish of Cookham. It consists of a well-defined ridge of earth, the crest of which in some places attains an elevation of nearly three feet. Beginning at Braywick .................the ridge appears in the park (R9) belonging to John Hibbert, Esq., and passing Staverton Lodge (R10), may be traced through "Park Field" (R11) to the railway embankment, where it is in excellent preservation. Leaving Maidenhead, ..............it reappears in a direct line with the former track (R12) a little beyond North Town, near the railway (Wycombe branch). Passing diagonally across Mr. Silvester’s field (R13), called "Pound Field" it crosses the narrow lane from Maidenhead, and the corner of a field called "Carters Field" (R14) in the occupation of Mr. Bulstrode, then passing over the road leading to Cookham Dean, it reappears in "Windmill Field" (R15) at the end of the farm buildings belonging to Mr Bulstrode, in the vicinity of the Cookham railway station. From the station platform a good view may be obtained from it as it extends over the hill in the direction of Cockmarsh."

[The History and Antiquities of the Hundreds of Bray, Charles Kerry, 1861, Maid. Lib. BB94, pg. 150]

"There is some uncertainty as to where this principle Roman encampment lies. But as to the smaller one, the so called Robin Hood’s Arbour, (R16) there is no doubt. This work lies on the south side of the road leading from Stubbins house to the Maidenhead and Henley Road. ............................ Investigated by Mr Rutland, and described by him in a paper read in October 1891, Before the Berkshire Archaeological Society. He says that,

................. It is about 440 yards due east of the Roman road on which may have been a military outpost........... The road mentioned by Mr Rutland would have passed through the "Wellhouse field," (R16) the site of a Romano-British settlement, .........."

[Chapters in the History of Cookham Berkshire, Stephan Darby, 1909, published privately BC94, Chapter 1, pg. 2, Maid. Lib. 861380]

"A Roman road crosses High Street and West Street at right angles, proceeding due north and south, and may be distinctly traced across Kidwell’s Park and on towards Cookham"

[M.F.C. Report 8. P 50.]

[A History of Maidenhead, 2nd Ed 1931, J W Walker, The Saint Catherine Press BM94, pg. 2, Maid. Lib. 359249]