Violet Alice Tritton fountain
SE1, Abbey Street, Bromleigh , St Saviour's Estate
These four limestone blocks need a good clean. The PMSA incorrectly identifies the creature as the 'Bermondsey dragon' but does confirm that the a...
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John Waggett's water fountain
W11, Ladbroke Grove, St John Church
The Ladbroke Conservation Area Appraisal says: "Outside St John’s church is an item of street furniture that is very rare in London. The drinking f...
1 subject commemorated, 1 creator
Reardon drinking fountain - Avondale Park
W11, Walmer Road, Avondale Park
There are a number of Reardon fountains of this design and most seem to have the identical dedication inscription. A photo of a similar fountain at...
1 subject commemorated, 2 creators
Poets’ Fountain - Chaucer, Shakespeare & Milton
W1, Hamilton Place
The seated figures represent the three Muses; the standing figures, the three poets, and Fame blows her trumpet at the top. Three Thornycrofts work...
3 subjects commemorated, 4 creators
Drinking fountains - Trafalgar Square
WC2, Trafalgar Square
It was this Londonist post where we learnt that the two identical drinking fountains on the east and west sides of Trafalgar Square are a memorial.
1 subject commemorated, 2 creators
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Shyamji Krishna Varma
Died: 30/3/1930, 90 years ago
Person, Nationalism, Politics & Administration, India
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