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 map shows...
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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-plates rema...
1 subject commemorated
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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
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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 water to ...
1 subject commemorated
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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 "Metropolita...
1 subject commemorated, 2 creators
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