Beck and Runtz fountain
N16, Clissold Park
MDFCTA confirms that this fountain is of a unique design but we can find no reference to the designer/architect.
3 subjects commemorated,
3 creators
Besley memorial fountain - lost
EC1, Aldersgate Street
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...
1 subject commemorated
Toynbee fountain
SW19, Wimbledon Hill Street
The fountain has four basins which would have supplied water but the activating buttons and the spouts are all lost. However some back-p...
1 subject commemorated
H. T. W. and M. W. W. drinking trough
WC1, Gray's Inn Road
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).
1 subject commemorated,
1 creator
Hudson fountain
HA1, High Street
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...
1 subject commemorated
Crofton trough
SE18, Beresford Square
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...
1 subject commemorated,
2 creators
Water trough - R. McC.
W14, Warwick Gardens
From the RBKC pdf: "This trough was originally erected in 1900 in Kensington Crescent. The crescent was demolished in 1933 (the site is n...
1 subject commemorated,
1 creator
Frances Whiting memorial fountain
WC1, Guilford Place
This figure represents the woman of Samaria (a Samaritan) at the well, from St John's gospel.
1 subject commemorated,
1 creator
David Benjamin trough
W2, Bayswater Road
Unusually the dedication is on the side and the Metropolitan Drinking Fountain and Cattle Trough Association credit is squeezed onto the ...
1 subject commemorated,
1 creator
Devas drinking trough
SW19, Windmill Road
In the background of our photo you can see the windmill undergoing restoration. The essential MDFCTA tells us that this was originally i...
1 subject commemorated,
1 creator
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