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...
The phrase "gratitude to God for national and parochial progress during that eventful period" is a fascinating insight into the late Vict...
November 2014 the plaque was reported as "torn down" but, with promises of a replacement we won't mark it as lost, and hope someone can c...
Unveiled by Madness, including Suggs, that Londonphile.
In the 19th century this brewery was on the elite tourist trail so in 1850 when Haynau arrived in London here he came. But his reputatio...
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