The Burdett-Coutts Memorial Drinking Fountain
Presented in 1862
Bow Heritage Trail
E9, Victoria Park
2016: We've replaced our 2012 dull and cold-looking photos with those our colleague, Alan Patient, took on his sunny visit.
In the 19th century this was the site of the East End's own Speakers' Corner.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Burdett-Coutts - Victoria Park - plaque
One of the great Victorian philanthropists who sought to rid London of its sl...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Burdett-Coutts - Victoria Park - plaque
The name was originally applied to the Tower division of the county of Middle...
This section lists the other memorials at the same location as the memorial on this page:
Burdett-Coutts - Victoria Park - plaque
This extravaganza in Victorian gothic with Moorish touches was designed by Da...
We first noticed this lion way back in the 70s. Out for a walk along the river-front we noticed big cat footprints stencilled on the gro...
This building is named the Carpmael Building in recognition of the signal services rendered to the Middle Temple by Master Kenneth Carpma...
The (lack of) punctuation on this plaque makes it easy to misread.
London County Council Sir Hans Sloane, 1660 - 1753, physician, benefactor of the British Museum, lived here, 1695 - 1742.
Oranjehaven This building served as a club endowed in 1942 by Her Majesty Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands for Dutchmen having escaped...
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