Buxton water trough - Enfield
EN1, Forty Hill
{On one end:} The gift of J. H. Buxton, 1879 {On both sides:} Metropolitan Drinking Fountain and Cattle Trough Association
{On one end:} The gift of J. H. Buxton, 1879 {On both sides:} Metropolitan Drinking Fountain and Cattle Trough Association
For another lovely Gothic pump, possibly the same model, see Enfield Market.
From Friends of Vauxhall Park: c.1891 "The contents from {Henry Fawcett's} house raised £75.10s (£75.50) which was accepted by Sir Henry...
MDFCTA confirms that this fountain is of a unique design but we can find no reference to the designer/architect.
This drinking fountain was erected in 1878 in memory of Robert Besley, who had run a typeface foundry in Fann Street 1849 - 61. This 1887...
The fountain has four basins which would have supplied water but the activating buttons and the spouts are all lost. However some back-p...
The Foundling plaque is in Heathcote Street, in our photo it is in the pavement just to the right of the pedestrian (on his left).
A nearby information panel provides: This is the site of the former town well which was sunk in 1816 and was a primary source of drinking...
The Crofton trough is on the left of our photo. The two other troughs here (one being outside out photo, to the right) are only marked "M...
From the RBKC pdf: "This trough was originally erected in 1900 in Kensington Crescent. The crescent was demolished in 1933 (the site is n...