Erection date: 1939
{On a ground level plaque:}
1859 - 1939. Presented by the Metropolitan Drinking Fountain & Cattle Trough Association to mark its 80th anniversary.
Site: Bear fountain (1 memorial)
W2, Kensington Gardens
Erection date: 1939
{On a ground level plaque:}
1859 - 1939. Presented by the Metropolitan Drinking Fountain & Cattle Trough Association to mark its 80th anniversary.
W2, Kensington Gardens
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Bear fountain
Metropolitan Drinking Fountain & Cattle Trough Association.
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Bear fountain
Started by Samuel Gurney MP and the barrister, Edward Thomas Wakefield. Found...
{On the east face:} In memory of Sir James John Hamilton Bart., 1876The memory of the just is blessed.{There are 3 more biblical quotati...
Funded by private donations from MPs and unveiled by the Queen. 26 foot high, made of galvanised strips of steel, painted black, with a s...
The date of erection comes from Ian Visits.
The close-up picture depicts the top section of this classically-inspired monument, which shows marked similarities to the Soane tomb, sh...
The water source was discovered at the end of the 17th century. 'Chalybeate' denotes a natural mineral spring containing iron salts. At t...
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