 As a philanthropist, Verdin gave the Victoria Infirmary, the Verdin Baths and Verdin Park to Northwich but died before they opened.A statue in his memory was erected in Verdin Park by public subscription.He died, aged 51, on 25 July 1887 at his home, The Brockhurst, a Regency house in spacious grounds at Leftwich where he lived with his brother Joseph and sister Mary.