Plaque

Burdett-Coutts - Victoria Park - plaque

Inscription

The Burdett-Coutts Memorial Drinking Fountain
Presented in 1862
Bow Heritage Trail

Site: Burdett-Coutts - Victoria Park (2 memorials)

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.

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This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Burdett-Coutts - Victoria Park - plaque

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Baroness Angela Georgina Burdett-Coutts

One of the great Victorian philanthropists who sought to rid London of its sl...

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Tower Hamlets Council

The name was originally applied to the Tower division of the county of Middle...

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This section lists the other memorials at the same location as the memorial on this page:
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Burdett-Coutts - Victoria Park - fountain

Burdett-Coutts - Victoria Park - fountain

This extravaganza in Victorian gothic with Moorish touches was designed by Da...

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