Erection date: 1892
{Engraved in the north end:}
The gift of J. H. Buxton 1892
W1, South Carriage Drive, Hyde Park
This trough was originally installed in 1892 at Victoria Embankment, "near Temple Precincts" which must mean somewhere between Temple Place and Temple Avenue. It was moved here in 1985 as a memorial to the horses killed by the bomb.
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Buxton water trough - Hyde Park
Our colleague, Andrew Behan, did some searching and at the Cambridge Alumni D...
This section lists the other memorials at the same location as the memorial on this page:
Buxton water trough - Hyde Park
{Plaque on the south end:} This trough was donated to the City of London in 1...
Granite and Portland stone, Restored 2018. The MDFCTA informs "An 18ft cattle trough, paid by Mrs. Hansler, with the same inscription t...
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...
The Evening Standard has a thoughtful piece about this park.
The decoration on the urn is delightful. Strung between 4 classical style masks are fruit garlands supporting a variety of creatures: s...
For another lovely Gothic pump, possibly the same model, see Enfield Market.
