Whitechapel drinking fountain
E1, Whitechapel Road, Altab Ali Park
The Evening Standard has a thoughtful piece about this park.
1 subject commemorated,
1 creator
Wilson horse trough
W5, Haven Green
When we published this trough in April 2015 we bemoaned the lack of information on Mr and Mrs Wilson. Andrew Behan, took on the challenge...
1 subject commemorated
Passmore Edwards drinking fountain - E8
E8, Albion Square
October 2023 Londonist: Time Machine provided this Heritage of London Trust September link, "We were thrilled to unveil the restored foun...
1 subject commemorated,
2 creators
George Allen drinking fountain
W1, Wardour Street, St Anne's Soho
With information provided by Paul Frecker (see GMA's page) we found Soho and its Associations,1895 which gives: "A handsome granite drink...
1 subject commemorated,
2 creators
High Path Estate horse trough
SW19, Merton High Street, Doel Close
There is another trough with the same inscription further west along the road.
1 subject commemorated,
1 creator
Shepherd's Well
NW3, Akenside Road
On the ground is a ghost footprint of what could have been one of these water-fountains we remember from the 1950s, found in parks near c...
1 subject commemorated
Bryant & May Testimonial fountain - lost
E3, Bow Road
This elaborate fountain was commissioned by Bryant and May to celebrate the abolition of the proposed match tax in 1872. Erected by publ...
2 subjects commemorated,
3 creators
Hayhilll fountain
SE1, Lambeth Palace Road
{Carved in the marble surface at the back:} Erected to the memory of H. Hayhill by his friends in HM Exchequer and Audit Dept. 1882.
1 subject commemorated,
1 creator
Buxton water trough - Hyde Park
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 Pla...
1 creator
Hyde Park bomb - the horses
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 Pla...
2 subjects commemorated,
1 creator
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